Movies like Black Rain
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Black Rain (1989)
56K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
intense, exciting, neo noir, tense, serious, buddy movie, stylized, light, thought provoking, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, police, gangsters, suspense, yakuza, culture clash, gunfight, chase, gang war, motorcycle, fish out of water, police investigation, investigation, violence, tough cop, buddy cop, japanese mafia, partners, gang, hitman, track down, psychopath, friendship, language barrier, decapitation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
japan, new york, osaka japan, los angeles, asia, san francisco, tokyo ...
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Most similar movies to Black Rain
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, suspenseful and rough films with plots about chase, gunfight, gangsters, mentor, revenge, vengeance and dialogue mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Black Rain: Rising Sun (1993), Year of the Dragon (1985), Red Heat (1988), The Corruptor (1999), Lethal Weapon (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, suspense, police, police investigation, surveillance, corruption, murder mystery, partners, playboy, society, buddy cop, lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan, los angeles, usa, tokyo, san francisco
⇓ 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:
neo noir, controversial, brutal, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
chinese mafia, gangsters, organized crime, culture clash, racism, gang, sexually frustrated woman, murder, violence, police detective, police corruption, death of wife ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, vietnam, thailand, bangkok thailand, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
73K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Style:
humorous, exciting, suspenseful, rough, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
culture clash, cold war, buddy cop, drug dealer, police brutality, police officer, police, gunfight, brutality, manhunt, showdown, russian abroad ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, moscow russia, los angeles, california, ussr ...
⇓ 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:
gangsters, chase, police investigation, murder, police corruption, organized crime, partners, law enforcement, buddy cop, police, gunfight, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, hong kong, san francisco, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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264K
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:
buddy movie, suspenseful, exciting, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, chase, gunfight, reluctant partners, police officer, suspense, car chase, female nudity, police investigation, buddy, partners against crime, verbal byplay ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, tense, intense, harsh, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, gangsters, kidnapping, friendship, culture clash, organized crime, rescue, sword fight, mafia, haunted by the past, rivalry, male female relationship ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
japan, tokyo, california, asia, kyoto japan
⇓ 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, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, revenge, suspense, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, chase, hitman, gangsters, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
75K
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:
slasher, intense, melancholic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
gang, serial killer, murder, car chase, car, hostage, police investigation, violence, suspense, tough cop, rivalry, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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41K
Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy, Crime, 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:
light, funny, realistic, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
father daughter relationship, yakuza, police brutality, hitman, japanese mafia, bank robbery, culture clash, inheritance, justice, secret service, lone hero, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, kyoto japan, paris france, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, yakuza, gang, rescue, redemption, one man army, organized crime, buddy cop, samurai, interracial relations, machismo, partners ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, usa, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson (Mickey Rourke) and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro (Don Johnson), learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle, chase, biker, hitman, gunfight, drug dealer, heist, partners, buddies, drug dealing, friends, fight scenes ...
Time:
future, 80s, 90s
Place:
las vegas, 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, intense, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly
Plot:
martial arts, gangsters, police investigation, police corruption, justice, gunfight, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, violent, murder, machismo ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, hong kong, chicago illinois, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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:
bloody, suspenseful, talky, stylized, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, aikido, vigilante, gangsters, gang, car chase, police, police investigation, psychopath, gunfight, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, gangsters, vengeance, murder, drug lord, vigilante, suspense, brutality, police officer, aikido, violence, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, latin america, colombia, west indies ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, neo noir, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, police investigation, suspense, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, corrupt cop, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
28K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Style:
realistic, psychological, exciting, serious, visually appealing ...
Plot:
police, gangsters, gang, killed during sex, chase, gunfight, ghetto, mafia, hip hop, partners, gang war, buddy cop ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey, south central los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
intense, serious, rough, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police corruption, gangsters, vengeance, car chase, revenge, violence, suspense, law enforcement, machismo, partners against crime, reluctant partners ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, philadelphia, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style:
harsh, emotional, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, gang, gangsters, lone hero, justice, drug cartel, vigilantism, violence, corruption, brutality, suspense, gunfight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, los angeles, usa, latin america, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Films like Collateral
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style:
exciting, intense, melancholic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police officer, fight, mafia, police, revenge, gangsters, chase, hitman, police investigation, justice, car chase ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago illinois, texas, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
Style:
exciting, rough, tense, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mob boss, organized crime, police detective, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, revenge, police brutality, power struggle, partners ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1949, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a ...
Style:
buddy movie, intense, entertaining, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
hostage, chase, police investigation, violence, rescue, car chase, pitbull, brutality, suspense, car, buddy cop, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style:
road movie, exciting, entertaining, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, motorcycle, biker, police corruption, organized crime, bus, motorcycle chase, hitman, police officer, tough cop, corrupt official, on the road ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, san francisco, usa, phoenix arizona, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
56K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style:
surprise ending, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, bank robbery, police detective, investigation, police investigation, twists and turns, hostage, police, gangsters, surveillance, heist, vengeance ...
Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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81K
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:
humorous, exciting, buddy movie, funny, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, adult
Plot:
prison, buddy cop, tough cop, revenge, villain, violence, police investigation, law enforcement, tough guy, police officer killed, fight, murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
65K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, intense, brutal, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, drug cartel, vengeance, crime scene, suspense, revenge, death of friend, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, heist, violent, investigation ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
mexico, california, atlanta, georgia, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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, stylized, inter cultural, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, chase, gangsters, on the run, martial arts, assassin, organized crime, police detective, police raid, attempted murder, gunfight ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
93K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. ...
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, vengeance, mafia, fbi, presumed dead, hitman, tough law enforcer, fight, assassin, betrayal, guilt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Style:
neo noir, tricky, suspenseful, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, chase, vengeance, police investigation, vigilantism, frame up, mafia, false accusation, stalking, femme fatale, revenge, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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