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American Yakuza (1993)
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American Yakuza (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate in the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
Style: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, crime drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, mafia, martial arts, organized crime, tough heroes, undercover agent, japanese mafia, heroes, murder, samurai sword, showdown, gang, hitman, undercover, espionage, master criminal, adoption, chases and races, rivalry, danger, working undercover, law enforcement, police corruption, moral dilemma, one man army ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, asia
Keyword: gangsters, american

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about rivalry, martial arts, heroes, violence, chases and races, danger and law enforcement mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like American Yakuza: Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), The Tracker (2001), Martial Outlaw (1993), Death Train (2003), No Way Back (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, exciting, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, yakuza, samurai, buddy cop, rescue, redemption, organized crime, one man army, interracial relations, machismo, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: los angeles, tokyo, asia, usa, japan
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The Tracker (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Spears, a private detective working in L.A. receives word from an old friend that the friend's sister (and Spears' ex-girlfriend), Kim, has been kidnapped by a criminal gang. At first, Spears doesn't want to get involved, especially ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, tough heroes, kung fu, hand to hand combat, gunfight, russian mafia, gangster, gang, danger, law enforcement, rivalry, private detective ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new york
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Martial Outlaw (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: martial arts, two man army, police shootout, karate, police detective, siblings relations, kgb, dishonesty, law enforcement, rivalry, chases and races, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
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Death Train (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man is supposed to guard a shipment of diamonds being sent by rail. But a man robs the train and kills the men guarding the diamonds. The robbers derail the train and hope to get away with their crime. The robbers get caught in Mexico and are sent ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, train, on the run, save the day, hostage, danger, undercover, gunfight, die hard, hijacking, railway, subway ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
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No Way Back (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When F.B.I. Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafiaso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only sons death in the same operation and kidnaps Zacks son to ...
Style: fast, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, white supremacist, single father, hitman, crime boss, shootout, airplane, father son relationship, flight attendant, fbi agent, revenge ...
Time: 90s
Place: arizona
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My Father is a Hero (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An undercover cop struggling to provide for his son and ailing wife, must infiltrate a ruthless gang. But things turn sour when another cop blows his cover and he quickly finds himself battling for his life and the lives of his family.
Style: cult classic, scenic, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, tough heroes, fight, triad, fight club, fight scenes, karate, epic battle, monster, wuxia, wu shu ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Lethal (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A sexy and lethal female mercenary takes on an international syndicate of weapons smugglers run by the Russian Mafia.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female martial artist, rescue, save the day, espionage, confined, government agency, danger, dishonesty, law enforcement, one man army, undercover, secret agent ...
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Silent Trigger (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.
Style: suspense, bloody, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, sniper, assassin, soldier, killer, terrorism, mercenary, heroes, showdown, kickboxing, violence, one man army ...
Time: 90s
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Best of the Best II (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to ...
Style: serious, suspense, independent film, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vengeance, master warrior, karate, friends, rivalry, contests and competitions, violence, death, kung fu, revenge, fighter ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Rapid Fire (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
Style: exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, justice, gunfight, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, violent, murder ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: chicago, los angeles, usa, bangkok thailand, beijing china ...
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The Hitman (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the ...
Style: exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, martial arts, fighting crime, undercover, revenge, mafia, working undercover, gang, special agent, frame up, partners against crime, manhunt ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: usa, seattle, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Blue Tiger (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that ...
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gang, mafia, revenge, death of son, gangster, strong female presence, martial arts, hitman, on the run, lone wolves, chases and races ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Moscow Heat (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a U.S. policeman is killed by black market weapons dealers, his partner, Rudy (Robert Madrid), and the murdered cop's father, ex-British Intelligence agent Roger Chambers (Michael York), head to Moscow to find the killers. The two begin ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Genre: Action, Crime
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Duration: 95 min.
Story: Murders in Seoul, Korea and in America pair two cops from each of the countries together to solve the crimes. The investigation leads to a gang war between the Mafia and the Yakuza, but one that may not be of either of their making. A shadowy ...
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Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Moving Target (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: suspenseful, serious, intense, independent film, realistic
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data CD to the DA, she is shot and ...
Style: fast, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
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100%
Black Moon Rising (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Black Rain (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. As they try to track him down, ...
Style: neo noir, detective, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, organized crime, police, culture clash, gunfight, chase, gang war, motorcycle, fish out of water, police investigation, japanese mafia, buddy cop ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989
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Raw Deal (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 106 min.
Story: Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a ...
Style: intense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Aruba, Hong Kong, USA
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Duration: 91 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 93 min.
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Style: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
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The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: christian film, fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot: vigilante, american football, vigilantism, die hard, teacher, education, college, undercover, samurai sword, tough girl, working undercover, college life ...
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The Russian Specialist (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
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Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
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100%
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Hollow Point (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and DEA agent Max are trying to stop them.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, light, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Sex and Fury (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on ...
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Audience: boys' night
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Time: 1900s, 19th century, 1880s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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Back to Back (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.
Style: crime drama, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, buddy cop, martial arts, cop, mafia, robbery, gunfight, hitman, gangster, heroes, hostage, renegade ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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Double Tap (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.
Style: independent film, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassin, hitman, professional, killer, terrorism, outlaw, mad love, investigation, undercover cop, profanity, strong violent content, sexual content ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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