Movies like Avenging Angel
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Avenging Angel (1985)
2K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Molly, former baby prostitute "Angel" from Sunset Boulevard, has managed to leave her street life with help of Lt. Andrews. She studies law at an university and aims to become attorney. When she learns that Andrews was shot during a failed observation by brutal gangsters, she returns downtown to take revenge
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitution, revenge, female protagonist, prostitute, criminal, exploitation, woman with a gun, gangsters, hollywood, nude, cowboy, psychopath, investigation, violence, female nudity, kidnapping, villain, cemetery, baby, vigilante, murder witness, law student, sanitarium, showdown, death of son ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Avenging Angel
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about murder, gunfight, violence, gun, gangsters, chase and shot to death mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Avenging Angel: Angel (1983), Nude Nuns with Big Guns (2010), Street Fighters (1982), Truck Turner (1974), Urban Justice (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
15 year-old Molly is top of her high school class. But nobody suspects that the model pupil earns her money at night: as a prostitute on Sunset Blvd. The well-organized separation of her two lives is shattered when two of her friends are slain by a ...
Style:
slasher, erotic, road movie, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prostitution, serial killer, psychopath, cheerleader, exploitation, private school, teenage girl, double life, high school, vigilante, teenager, gang ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Upon taking her vows to become a nun, Sister Sarah is abused, brainwashed and drugged into submission by the corrupt clergy. On the verge of death from a lethal dose of drugs, Sister Sarah receives a message from God telling her to take vengeance on ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
nun, sexploitation, revenge, female domination, strip club, sex, erotica, exploitation, lesbian sex, clergy, sister sister relationship, public sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style:
psychotronic, serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, revenge, vigilantism, vigilante, gangsters, jail, home invasion, rape and revenge, city, car chase, violence, police ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ex-football star turned skip-tracer, Turner specializes in bringing in the criminals police are too scared to chase, and when he's hired to capture sociopathic pimp Gator, he finds himself confronted by the most vicious killers in the ...
Style:
neo noir, campy, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, bounty hunter, exploitation, car chase, african american, tough guy, organized crime, truck, female boss, chase, bail bondsman, cat ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, gang, investigation, chase, murder, gangsters, dishonesty, law enforcement, track down, death in the family, suspense ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Roland Sallinger is an LA cop who after nearly being killed by his greedy partner, and eventually being forced to retire for medical reasons, flees to San Antonio, Texas, after being asked to work as a bodyguard for the daughter of a wealthy ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, gangsters, daring rescue, ex-cop, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, race against time, ransom, gunfight, nightclub, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, new mexico, san antonio texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
12K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Style:
campy, sexy, unusual plot structure, affectionate, ironic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, vigilante, revenge, violence, exploitation, addiction, vigilantism, drug addiction, drugs, murder, cult ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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:
exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover cop, murder, suspense, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lynette Walden and Chris Mulkey star in this action-packed ride through the sexy and dangerous world of flesh for sale and murder for hire.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, hitman, strong sexual content, stalking, prostitute, premarital sex, psychopath, prison life, prison, confined, obsession, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After serving 6 years for a crime he didn't commit, Shane Daniels is released from jail with an apology from the State of Arizona. Within hours of his freedom, he unluckily bears witness to a cop killing by Chinese mafia who have a kidnapped ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chinese, wrongful conviction, confined, rivalry, police officer killed, save the day, false accusation, assassination attempt, chase, suspense, investigation, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
Style:
harsh, exciting, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, murder, chase, police investigation, revenge, female killer, justice, car chase, police, vigilante, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, las vegas, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
Style:
sexy, slasher, psychotronic, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, revenge, violence against women, violence, gang, murder, cheerleader, juvenile delinquent, female vigilante, vigilantism, exploitation ...
Time:
80s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect the information but he dishes some hell as well...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, femme fatale, private detective, twists and turns, crime boss, murder, organized crime, mother son relationship, bully, gangsters, mafia, war ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Style:
buddy movie, suspenseful, perverse, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, police, murder, female nudity, buddy cop, investigation, serial killer, kidnapping, violence, police officer, police investigation, terrorism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
160K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in ...
Style:
serious, captivating, controversial, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
serial killer, police, gunfight, psychopath, suspense, tough law enforcer, criminal, investigation, murder, vigilante, violence, gangsters ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prostitute, pimp, female nudity, misogynist, cruelty, sex scene, psychopath, kidnapping, gang, villain, gangsters, violent ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Revolves around a British military contractor Lex Walker who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, missing person, martial arts, mercenary, kidnapping, parent child relationship, family relations, vigilantism, parents and children, tough heroes, track down, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
20K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style:
stylized, tense, harsh, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, blaxploitation, gangsters, lone hero, gang, mafia, organized crime, hitman, gunfight, kidnapping, police, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, africa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, one woman army, female martial artist, tough girl, missing person, spouse in danger, kidnapping, strong female lead, husband wife relationship, conspiracy, female killer, vigilantism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
puerto rico, caribbean, dominican republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) delivers an intense, electrifying performance in this explosive follow-up to the gritty urban crime thriller Street Kings. Liotta plays Detroit detective Marty Kingston, the leader of an undercover narcotics team, whose ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police investigation, police corruption, investigation, working undercover, vigilantism, partners against crime, uncover truth, gunfight, corruption, twists and turns, cop as target ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Style:
campy, sexy, unusual plot structure, melancholic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, revenge, gangsters, rape, rape and revenge, prostitution, exploitation, drug addiction, cult, black hero, gang, chase ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
35K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
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, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
fbi, gang, gangsters, small town, vengeance, revenge, mafia, heroes, law enforcement, working undercover, tough heroes, partners against crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Johnny Wu becomes involved in a global Mafia arms cartel when they kidnap his son Bobby. The cartel, made-up of underworld leaders from around the world, become aware that he stumbled onto valuable information on a computer disk he possesses. ...
Style:
psychotronic, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, fight, competition, forest, murder, kidnapping, gangsters, master warrior, heroes, chase, hitman, kung fu ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, realistic, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
car chase, chase, criminal, car, gambling, witness, on the run, one last job, police detective, heist, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Japanese organized crime imbeds itself within LA, the police turn to one man to take down the deadly Yakuza — Joe Marshall, aka "The Samurai." With his fearless swagger and rock hard jaw, The Samurai tears a two-fisted hole through ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, humorous, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, katana, womanizer, police detective, samurai, exploitation, gangsters, female criminal, psychopath, gang, law enforcement, waiter ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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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, campy, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, exploitation, revenge, drugs, city, erotica, truck, superhero, vietnam war, vigilante, murder, vigilantism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three minor delinquints (Danes, Ribisi, and Epps) are recruited by a cop (Farina) working undercover to bust a cop/drug ring. When the officer who recruited them is killed, they go above and beyond the call of duty to solve the murder; and bust the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, police corruption, suspense, investigation, partners, working undercover, partners against crime, criminal heroes, conspiracy, drugs, prostitution, corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, sex slavery, gangsters, police investigation, rivalry, vengeance, master criminal, tough heroes, fight, investigation, suspense, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, asia, thailand, new jersey, cambodia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A hard core Interpol Agent is assigned to an Eastern European task force to target gun trafficking and dope running throughout the Balkans. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and ...
Style:
serious, rough, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, gangsters, special agents, law enforcement, loss of partner, revenge, brutality, martial arts, murder, violence, suspense, monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, bucharest, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, murder, spy, debt, aikido, redemption, introspection, dishonesty, life is a bitch, downfall, father daughter relationship, police corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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