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The Big Hit (1998)
33K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, hilarious, action comedy, suspense, slapstick, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kidnapping, hitman, twists and turns, video store, gunfight, assassin, danger, cons and scams, violent, hostage, heist, violence, woman in danger, killer, bank robbery, robbery, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, professional killer, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, martial arts, attempted rape, damsel in distress, dark humor ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
china, hong kong
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Most similar movies to The Big Hit
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, suspenseful and entertaining films with plots about murder, gun, revenge, pistol, shot to death, chase and shot in the chest mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like The Big Hit: Parker (2013), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), RED (2010), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
135K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, saga, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, mafia, assassin, betrayal, revenge, kidnapping, hitman, romancing a criminal, car chase, fight scenes, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, miami, chicago, new orleans ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, witty, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hitman, happy ending, chase, killer, organized crime, contract killer, gangster, vengeance, assassin, lone hero, betrayal, dentist ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
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100%
337K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
Style:
exciting, action comedy, entertaining, action thriller, satanic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
assassin, cia, spy, hitman, secret service, chase, female spy, on the run, ex cia agent, mercenary, mission, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, kansas, langley virginia, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, dark comedy, witty, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, robbery, heist, casino, cons and scams, child in peril, chase, gang, crime gone awry, dishonesty, profanity, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, idaho, seattle, nevada, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Style:
dark comedy, cult classic, entertaining, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
professional killer, killer, hitman, gunfight, assassin, suburbs, contract killer, secretary, radio dj, high school reunion, small town, therapy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 80s, 90s
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
Style:
action thriller, exciting, intense, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, revenge, vengeance, assassin, professional killer, contract killer, corruption, brutality, mercenary, violent, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2012, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei ...
Style:
exciting, cult classic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, revenge, contract killer, hired killer, killer, professional killer, assassin, chase, female warrior, asian man white woman relationship, on the run ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 80s
Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
Similarity:
100%
182K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But ...
Style:
suspenseful, clever, suspense, action packed, brutal ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hitman, chase, assassin, mentor, martial arts, loner, lone hero, tough guy, expert, vigilante, revenge, killer ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, colombia, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more ...
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, drug lord, chemist, organized crime, gangster, culture clash, drug, partner, drug dealing, golf, car chase, female killer ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 70s
Place:
england, liverpool, los angeles, northern england, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hostage, dishonesty, rivalry, disorder, daring rescue, female warrior, hired killer, gangster, chases and races, death, fight ...
Place:
bucharest, romania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, psychotronic, action comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, businessman, murder of a nude woman, violence, nudity, black, chase, frame up, police investigation, police, death, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
Style:
action comedy, talky, witty, humorous, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
buddy cop, buddies, police, car chase, violence, cop, chase, undercover cop, police investigation, police officer, partner, undercover ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, florida, key west florida, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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, undercover, mafia, fighting crime, martial arts, assassin, revenge, working undercover, gang, special agent, frame up, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
usa, seattle, vancouver
Similarity:
100%
209K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, parody, dark comedy, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
hitman, vigilante, revenge, blood, machete, corruption, vengeance, violence, dark humor, tough guy, bodyguard, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
Similarity:
100%
30K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, revenge, chase, violence, police officer, hostage negotiator, bank robber, negotiation, murder, sniper, swat team, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
tahiti, san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
276K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
Style:
intense, cult classic, dark comedy, action thriller, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, vengeance, dark humor, assassin, tough heroes, violence, lone hero, poison, one man army, heart, killer ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, iran, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to ...
Style:
action thriller, cult classic, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, die hard, caught having sex, evacuation, master criminal, one man army, danger, chase, on the run, race against time, heist, car chase ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
beverly hills, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detroit cop, Axel Foley heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons ...
Style:
detective, humorous, entertaining, suspense, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, police, gunfight, police investigation, investigation, police officer, car chase, tough cop, tough guy, villainess, african american protagonist, oil rig ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, detroit ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, dark comedy, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, casino, twists and turns, christmas, gambling, manipulation, prison, sex scene, car thief, bank robber, femme fatale, robbery ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
usa, michigan, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
313K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate ...
Style:
humorous, buddy comedy, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, drug lord, murder, murder investigation, partners against crime, two man army, law enforcement, friendship between men, police corruption, police investigation, african american, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
miami, florida, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In the tradition of Grindhouse, Kill Bill and Sin City, award-winning comic book writer Ed Brubaker (Incognito, The Death of Captain America, Daredevil) teams up with stuntwoman-turned-cult star Zoe Bell (Death Proof, TV's "Lost") to ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
female assassin, female fighter, hitman, assassin, contract killer, danger, rivalry, heroes, woman in danger, badass female lead, organized crime, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Style:
humorous, clever, light, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, murder, frame up, journalism, media, mexican standoff, partner, buddies, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, chases and races, buddy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, ...
Style:
suspense, clever, action packed, suspenseful, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, vengeance, caper, car chase, bank robbery, perfect crime, conspiracy, chase, gold, safecracker, theft ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice, philadelphia, los angeles, california ...
Similarity:
100%
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203K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, entertaining, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
computer hacker, hostage, bank robbery, spy, hacker, terrorism, heist, hacking, surveillance, secret agent, computer, hot and sexy ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, malibu california, california, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to ...
Style:
parody, grindhouse, absurd, stylized, black comedy ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
machete, blood, vigilante, fight scenes, sexual content, terrorist plot, gory, assassin, female fighter, lone hero, tough heroes, violent ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, texas, washington d.c., austin texas, cuba ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After saving Casey, a daughter of his friend, from hired assassins, Jack Devlin is hit with a strange phobia - fear of white color. But when his other friend, who works as a bodyguard for a supermodel, is wounded, Jack decides to step in for him. ...
Style:
suspense, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
scarecrow, hired killer, hitman, professional killer, tough heroes, terrorism, manhunt, witness, gangster, chase, assassination attempt, one man army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the Corporate Wars, a fierce global battle that laid waste to society as we know it. Born from the ash, the Council of Nine ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, bounty hunter, vigilante, hitman, female warrior, female assassin, female killer, dystopian future, danger, society, desert, shaolin ...
Time:
near future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the ...
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, erotic, dark comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangster, murder, hitman, contract killing, home invasion, sex, art dealer, insurance fraud, destiny, nudity, hostage, police investigation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Christopher Walken shines in this cult-favorite dark comedy as Charlie, a former mobster who is abducted by five privileged young men (Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Henry Thomas) desperate to raise a $2 million ransom ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, mafia, dark humor, twists and turns, hostage, crime gone awry, manipulation, gangster, organized crime, mobster, profanity, stupidity ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, new york
Similarity:
100%
185K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The best-selling videogame, Hitman, roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant. A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic ...
Style:
serious, exciting, breathtaking, action packed, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hitman, killer, sniper, one man army, assassin, danger, revenge, fight scenes, assassination, conspiracy, gun fu, genetically altered ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, europe, st. petersburg russia, istanbul turkey, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
100%
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