Movies like Black Rain
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Black Rain (1989)
64K
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, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game the Japanese way.
Style:
exciting, neo noir, suspense, tense, serious, detective, visually stunning, stylized, cult classic, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, yakuza, police, culture clash, violence, gang war, motorcycle, gunfight, chase, gangster, fish out of water, japanese mafia, police investigation, investigation, tough cop, buddy cop, hitman, buddy, psychopath, friendship, ambush, language barrier, decapitation, death of friend, arrest ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
japan, new york, asia, osaka japan, los angeles, usa, san francisco ...
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Most similar movies to Black Rain
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, rough and exciting films with plots about violence, murder, gangster, blood splatter, brutality, gun and revenge mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Black Rain: Rising Sun (1993), Lethal Weapon (1987), The Corruptor (1999), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Conner and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Conner has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences ...
Style:
suspense, detective, neo noir, surprise ending, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police, sex scene, murder mystery, surveillance, buddy cop, murder investigation, strangulation, japanese culture, police investigation, strangled to death, police detective ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan, los angeles, usa, tokyo, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
294K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
Style:
detective, entertaining, suspense, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, gunfight, reluctant partners, buddy, buddy cop, christmas, chase, badass, police partner, police officer, car chase, police investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
Style:
stylized, realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, gangster, police investigation, triad, murder, police corruption, buddy cop, organized crime, law enforcement, violent, chinese mafia, police ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, los angeles, hong kong, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, car chase, police, terrorist, investigation, murder, male pubic hair, vigilante, hitman, undercover, police investigation, vengeance ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, southern california, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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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, exciting, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
yakuza, martial arts, samurai, buddy cop, violent, organized crime, one man army, rescue, machismo, dark hero, lone hero, redemption ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, asia, usa, japan ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...
Style:
neo noir, intense, harsh, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, kidnapping, private detective, gangster, rescue, friendship, culture clash, organized crime, tragic romance, unrequited love, sword fight, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, post world war two, 80s
Place:
japan, kyoto japan, asia, los angeles, tokyo ...
Similarity:
100%
85K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Style:
breathtaking, perverse, suspense, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, tough law enforcer, vigilante, killer, violence, murder, one man army, car chase, chase, police investigation, violent, hostage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south america, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, controversial, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
chinese mafia, gangster, triad, organized crime, culture clash, vigilante, racism, murder, pig, chinawoman, gang war, tough cop ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
new york, china, southeast asia, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
Similarity:
86%
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92K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Style:
exciting, funny, neo noir, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, prison, tough cop, revenge, reluctant partners, cop, partner, villain, tough guy, police investigation, police officer killed, buddy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, north america, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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, cult classic, intense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, police investigation, violent, police corruption, justice, gunfight, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, murder ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
chicago, los angeles, usa, beijing china, bangkok thailand ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his Partner was someone's mistake, because he's now Out For Justice.
Style:
detective, neo noir, suspense, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, martial arts, psychopath, gangster, aikido, hitman, organized crime, mafia, car chase, serial killer, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey ...
Style:
cult classic, bloody, suspense, atmospheric, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly
Plot:
hitman, heroic bloodshed, assassin, professional killer, killer, redemption, yakuza, gunfight, organized crime, contract killer, friendship, triad ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, neo noir, breathtaking, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, heroin, drug smuggling, chase, car chase, violence, gangster, drug dealer, smuggling, drug lord, organized crime, police detective ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Joe Huff (Brian Bosworth) is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Joe into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating "The Brotherhood" - a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked ...
Style:
bleak, rough, serious, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
biker, undercover, motorcycle, gang, fbi, undercover cop, drug dealing, bike, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, investigation, partner ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
mississippi, new orleans, alabama
Similarity:
100%
792K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, bleak, clever ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, police, cop, police detective, master criminal, thief, bank, chase, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, southern california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is ...
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, action comedy, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, prison, revenge, biker, motorcycle, tough cop, desert, corrupt cop, mysterious villain, drug lord, hitman, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
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 ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, mafia, martial arts, organized crime, tough heroes, samurai sword, murder, showdown, crime family, japanese mafia, undercover agent, heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
100%
41K
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, manly, adult
Plot:
vigilante, fbi, one man army, mafia, small town, vengeance, gangster, tough heroes, revenge, heroes, law enforcement, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
chicago, usa, north carolina
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
45K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his ...
Style:
funny, realistic, exciting, semi serious, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
yakuza, father daughter relationship, police brutality, justice, lone hero, culture clash, japanese mafia, mafia, youth, inheritance, tough guy, bank robbery ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, france, paris france, asia ...
Similarity:
75%
26K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, California, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang. This is the first English film by Takeshi Kitano.
Style:
intense, harsh, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, mafia, culture clash, gangster, suicide, gang, organized crime, samurai, sibling relationship, family relations, interracial relations, gang war ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, japan, usa, california, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, entertaining, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, buddies, revenge, police officer, home invasion, buddy, car chase, vigilante, partner, interracial friendship, profanity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south africa, california, africa, usa
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
car chase, police, ford mustang, organized crime, murder, chase, police detective, hitman, police procedural, street racing, tough cop, hospital ...
Time:
year 1968, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, chicago, illinois ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from ...
Style:
entertaining, saga, detective, hilarious, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddy cop, car chase, chinese mafia, vigilante, gangster, ship, buddies, martial arts, shootout, police officer, brutality, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, china, california, usa, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, 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:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, prison, murder, organized crime, revenge, investigation, redemption, vengeance, tough heroes, one last job, crime boss, ex convict ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
818K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style:
stylized, exciting, neo noir, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, revenge, one man army, assassin, vigilante, shooting, gunfight, lone hero, tough guy, dog, killer ...
Time:
year 2014, 60s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, detective, hood, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, mafia, drug lord, murder, cocaine, mob boss, violence, redemption, prison, subway ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers..
Style:
stylized, rough, suspenseful, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, hitman, danger, murder, gangster, betrayal, vigilantism, police investigation, criminal's revenge, chase, master criminal, lone wolves ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, gangster, vigilante, lone hero, murder, vengeance, jamaican, violence, hand to hand combat, drug lord, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
grindhouse, erotic, disturbing, bloody, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, female yakuza, nude fight, nun, martial arts, bondage, asian sex, female killer, erotica, sexploitation, interracial sex, lesbianism ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 20th century, 1880s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
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 ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, reluctant partners, professional killer, buddy cop, killer, die hard, police investigation, cop, profanity, partner, special agent, violent content ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, seoul, usa
Similarity:
100%
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