Movies like The Fighter 1983
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The Fighter (1983)
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Original name: Le Battant
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, murder, diamond, ex convict, chase, vengeance, rivalry, law enforcement, crime and punishment, on the run, warden, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, coldhearted, cat, violence, car chase, lust, caress, nude, suspense, man and woman in bed, chases and races, deadly ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about dishonesty, gangsters, rivalry, deadly, murder, criminal heroes and chases and races mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Fighter: Whirlpool (1981), Three Men to Destroy (1980), The Gang (1977), Blood on the Streets (1974), The Loner (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A thriller starring and directed by Alain Delon about ex-cop who is after a drug pusher gang.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sex with secretary, female nudity, erotica, private detective, murder, car chase, ex cop, crime investigation, blind woman, promiscuous woman, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him as a potential witness. Soon they are killing everyone he even comes ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, nude, hitman, chase, manhunt, car chase, accident, strong violent content, tough heroes, protagonist as suspect, betrayal, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, gangsters, heist, dishonesty, criminal heroes, gang, law enforcement, police investigation, chase, siege, marriage, police ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
Style:
exciting, tense, cynical, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, interwar period, criminal, loss of partner, vengeance, rivalry, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, criminal's revenge, violence spree, criminal heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
france, marseille, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.
Style:
rough, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, loss of partner, fighting crime, police detective, law enforcement, police chase, revenge, police officer, boy, graphic violence, godparent, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Movies like Le Samurai
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, rise and fall, rivalry, gang, drug dealing, betrayal, vengeance, ambition, partners, criminal heroes, dishonesty, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, gang, murder, dishonesty, heist, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Cop's Honor (Parole de Flic) is a 1985 French crime movie directed by José Pinheiro and starring Alain Delon as retired police officer Daniel Pratt. His teenager daughter was killed by a gang of mysterious hooded killers so Pratt began his own ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, murder, police corruption, graphic violence, tough heroes, dishonesty, rivalry, violence spree, one man army, law enforcement, heroes, village ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
africa, france, europe, congo
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dog Day is a 1984 film starring Lee Marvin. A criminal shows up at a farmhouse with the law on his heels and several million dollars in his possession. The supporting cast includes Tina Louise and Juliette Mills. The movie was directed by Yves ...
Style:
sexual, neo noir, slasher, exciting, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
farm, gangsters, heist, on the run, helicopter, chase, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, fugitives, bounty hunter, criminal heroes, espionage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down.
Style:
neo noir, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, disorder, dishonesty, secret movement, frame up, assassination, asian, sex, killer, chase, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Films like 22 Bullets
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, friendship, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, tough heroes, ex convict, boxing, italian mafia, organized crime, interwar period, buddies ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
europe, france, south of france, provence, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
gangsters, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, escaped prisoner, betrayal, suspense, heist, criminal, organized crime, righting the wronged, escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After ten years in prison, vicious crime boss Mario Blanco is out for revenge. Revenge against the cop that put him away. Revenge at any cost! But David, the officer that sent Blanco to jail has been in hiding since quitting the force after exposing ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
chase, gangsters, car chase, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, law enforcement, revenge, police, police shootout, attempted rape, female nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
gangsters, gang war, waitress, revenge, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, criminal heroes, couples, murder, woman in danger, gang, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, europe, brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, hitman, loner, solitude, loneliness, police investigation, assassination, chase, betrayal, suspense, character study, organized crime ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Films like Blood Ties
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A tough but honest cop must clear his name after a corrupt colleague implicates him in a murder in this French thriller. Ferrot is a hard-as-nails police detective who is attracted to a beautiful woman named Sylvia. Sylvia, however, is having an ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
love triangle, lonely man, honest law enforcer, who done it, murder, frame up, police corruption, righting the wronged, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art theft, murder, gangsters, on the road, cons and scams, on the run, partners, law enforcement, dishonesty, rivalry, misfit partners ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, vengeance, rivalry, drug dealing, gang, law enforcement, working undercover, marijuana, loss of partner, car chase, gangsters, police procedural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, track down, on the run, rivalry, special agents, police corruption, law enforcement, vengeance, swat team, armed forces, graphic violence, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up people and places for mobsters in Paris. He may not look it, scruffy lad that he is, but he is a sensitive fellow, and he feels ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized
Plot:
gangsters, killer, criminal heroes, retiring, hitman, graphic violence, police, violence, murder, train, immaturity, police brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Films like Essex Boys
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with his lovely and beloved wife, Nicole. The man dies, and ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, prison escape, on the run, chase, escape, heist gone wrong, violent behavior, hitman, murder, haunted by the past, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, paris france, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Unable to repay their debts, Milan and Victor, best friends and co-owners of a Paris nightclub, are lured into a drug deal that goes bad. Tortured by police, they negotiate their freedom against an overwhelming testimony that condemns their ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
psychopath, race against time, survival, friendship, betrayal, on the run, murder, police, chase, suspense, friends, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After languishing in a Barcelona prison for nearly a decade, a busted bank robber attempts to find the girl who made off with the cash in this suspenseful tale of revenge and betrayal starring Adriana Gil and Eduard Fernández. Ex-con Martin Losada ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, on the run, rivalry, criminal heroes, obsessive quest, investigation, vengeance, betrayal, chase, dishonesty, political corruption, heist ...
Time:
50s
Place:
cuba, spain, europe, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, mafia, prison, murder, hitman, brother brother relationship, bank robbery, organized crime, rivalry, crime gone awry, gangsters, chase ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, law enforcement, fish out of water, criminal heroes, dishonesty, culture clash, disorder, tough heroes, organized crime, hitman, spy, killer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, paris france, usa, california, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Films like The Professional
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An American (Robert Stack) talks a retired French crook (Jean Gabin) into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
Style:
cynical, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, restaurant, kidnapping, bank, disorder, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, rescue, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, drug dealing, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life - some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of trading software he's developed, and while behind bars he's ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, criminal, on the run, dishonesty, disorder, master criminal, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, cons and scams, violence, mafia, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, neo noir, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, police detective, robbery, prison, heist, gangsters, mind game, police corruption, psychopath, track down, investigation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, 50s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it's his job to teach Billy about crime, drugs and women. Little does he know ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, murder, gangsters, drug dealer, police, gang, ambition, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, rivalry, vengeance, rise and fall ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggle business.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, disorder, gang, hidden identity, special agents, journalism, government agency, law enforcement, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, cuba, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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