Movies like Blackbelt
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Blackbelt (1992)
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back and forced to take on the greatest legends of the martial arts world. Wilson fights off all comers while defending rock superstar Shanna (Deirdre Imershein) against the insane attacks of a fanatical veteran John Sweet (Matthias Hues-I Come In Peace).
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bloody, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, serial killer, murder, bodyguard, vietnam war, stalking, investigation, gangsters, psychopath, vigilantism, criminal heroes, suspense, obsession, exploitation, heroes, master warrior, nude, female nudity, kickboxing, violence against women, special agents, kidnapping, graphic violence, master criminal, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century
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Most similar movies to Blackbelt
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about heroes, martial arts, fistfight, brawl, violence, tough guy and showdown mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Blackbelt: Out for Blood (1992), Crooked (2006), The Expert (1995), Bloodfist V: Human Target (1994), Bounty Tracker (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lawyer's family is murdered by drug smugglers, and he is beaten and left for dead, but survives although in a coma. When he awakes he only has a partial memory of what happened. In order to find out the real story, he trains with a karate ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, drug dealing, heroes, martial arts, murder, tough heroes, police detective, tough law enforcer, society, life is a bitch, vigilantism, investigation ...
Time:
90s
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100%
466
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitute, murder, woman in danger, witnessing a crime, partners, police investigation, martial arts, mafia, gunfight, gangsters, buddy cop, hitman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It was a brutal murder that sent deranged psychopath Martin Kagan to prison. It was a naive deputy warden that granted him a stay of execution. Now, the police department's tactical defence instructor, John Lomax, wants revenge for his beloved ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, swat team, murder, psychopath, serial killer, vigilantism, heroes, martial arts, kung fu, martial artist, wrongfully committed, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
Plot:
martial arts, exploitation, spy, chase, violence, suspense, heroes, master warrior, amnesia, kickboxing, one man army, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Almost the whole staff of a tax consultant office is slayed by a team of professional killers, only Paul Damone can escape. He didn't know that his partner used to wash gangster Louis Sarazin's money and had to testify as chief witness ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police protection, suspense, revenge, vigilante, one man army, police officer, murder, master warrior, heroes, gangsters, bounty hunter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Movies like Ong Bak 3
591
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Interpol officer Kyle Connors, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, watches his partner die in an explosion, he swears he'll hunt down the killer. Yanked of the case by Internal Affairs, Connors defied his orders and follows the only lead he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
kickboxing, interpol, kickboxer, spy, fight, martial arts, fistfight, one man army, tough guy, one against many, lust, showdown ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mayoral candidate Dr. Rachel Olsen (Brigitte Nielsen) has a dangerous plan for swift justice in the form of a band of ex-convicts, called the Peacemakers, who roam the streets to do her bidding. When a boxer friend (Tony Burton) is killed by ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilantism, injustice, rivalry, police detective, tough heroes, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, working undercover, fistfight, vigilante ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The police does not know what to do. They have to deal with a serial killer who aims at martial arts masters. One after another is killed in the same brutal way. This may be a chance for detective Linda Masterson to work on her first murder case. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, serial killer, murder, medieval, woman with a gun, femdom, police detective, police investigation, master warrior, tough heroes, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A former CIA agent lives a suburban life as a high school teacher with his teen son. When the agent is attacked by former allies because of knowledge he possesses and his son is kidnapped, he is forced back into the business and his son suddenly ...
Style:
psychotronic, cult film
Plot:
spy, exploitation, boat, showdown, combat, betrayal, master warrior, secret agents, heroes, retirement, martial artist, one man army ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Johnny Woo and Julie play an enduring couple who survive all sorts of interference from rival kick-box gangs in their effort to put a little romance in their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, fight, competition, heroes, kickboxer, rivalry, confined, gang, daring rescue, gangsters, missing person, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Films like The King of the Kickboxers
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Martial arts star Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action/suspense story. A child is recruited to take part in a secret government experiment which results in him being able to see into the future. Years later, the child is an adult ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
martial arts, spy, psychic, sex scene, fistfight, tough guy, one man army, conspiracy, graphic violence, sexual content, dishonesty, government agency ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and his daughter is kidnapped, Danny takes matters into his own hands. It does not matter that the CIA ...
Plot:
martial arts, woman, spy, exploitation, violence, kickboxing, justice, ambush, one man army, brawl, mixed martial arts, judo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action drama as a tourist who, through no fault of his own, finds himself on the run from a gang of terrorists, international espionage agents, and the police. Accused of a murder he didn't ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, revenge, fight, terrorist, terrorism, gunfight, manhunt, suspense, irish republican army, kickboxing, kung fu, combat ...
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ex-kickboxing champion turned sports photographer Max Havoc again finds himself in Guam on a publicity photo shoot. Max's helpful ways land him in the lives of the vacationing sisters Jane and Christy Goody who have acquired a rare jade dragon, ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, serious
Plot:
martial arts, chase, heroes, gangsters, rivalry, violence, kickboxing, love interest, fistfight, warrior, martial artist, showdown ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, sexploitation, gangsters, heroes, rivalry, vengeance, law enforcement, leadership, drug dealing ...
Time:
70s
Place:
asia, tokyo, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Films like The Protector 2
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of terrorists, led by a Brit and a psycho (in a great performance by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper) take control of the Hoover Dam and demand $25 million or they will kill civilians and dam workers they have taken hostage. But the terrorists ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, martial arts, heroes, terrorism, one man army, tough heroes, americana, hijacking, frame up, haunted by the past, good versus evil, save the day ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An Army veteran assembles a team of bodyguards to protect a former boxer. Complications arise when the boxer suspects his sister may be romantically involved with the bodyguard.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, one man army, heroes, athlete's life, gang, rivalry, vengeance, corrupt cop, violence, gunfight, rapper, fight ...
Place:
british columbia, middle east, iraq, afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, suspense, race against time, nuclear threat, chase, secret agents, state affairs, government agency, law enforcement, daring rescue, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., pentagon, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The main character, Johnny Woo, is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher in a kick-boxing club. Johnny Woo fall in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kick-boxing club. Tension builds ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, streetfighting, street fighter, street gang, gang war, illegal fistfight, kickboxing, competition, fight, heroes, gangsters, kickboxer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a "shootfighter" (no-holds-barred, to the death) martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has a grudge against world shootfighter champ(and teacher of Nick and Ruben) Shingo.
Style:
bloody, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, fight, competition, suspense, heroes, fight scenes, stash, strong violent content, graphic violence, battles, rivalry, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Movies like The Killing Machine
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Thomas Hoshino (Willson) is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer Jaho (Lew). He tracks down the killer and his master to Los Angeles, where he teams up with Det. Karen Ryder (Farrell). Soon they discover that ...
Style:
buddy movie, buddy comedy, cult film
Plot:
martial arts, swordsman, yakuza, police shootout, fistfight, nypd, kung fu, maverick cop, kendo, sword, ninja, gunfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops ,played by Scatman Crothers. His gambling debts, however, ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, martial arts, gangsters, exploitation, kung fu, african american, secret agents, cult, heroes, vigilantism, chase, heist ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, australia, south central los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A disgraced cop goes to work for the mob, and must choose between good and evil when he goes up against his former friends on the force.
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, captivating
Plot:
tough cop, tough guy, heroes, martial arts, drug dealing, warrior, brutality, gunfight, police brutality, showdown, suspense, gangsters ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
From the fields of Cambodia to the mean streets of L.A., there's no escaping death and it's blinding revenge.
Plot:
vietnam war, revenge, murder, death of father, loss of father, motorcycle, training, brother brother relationship, ex soldier, crime boss, vietnam veteran, helicopter ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Still haunted by his failure to prevent the murder of a young couple years earlier, a mixed martial arts teacher must confront the skeleton in his closet when the boy who was orphaned by the killing shows up at his door.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroes, fight, master warrior, redemption, haunted by the past, ambition, rivalry, moral dilemma, martial arts, tough guy, martial arts training, guilty conscience ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This high-powered action flick follows kickboxing champion Johnny Rider, who quits the ring after accidentally killing an opponent but is forced to employ his skills again to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of crime boss Rod Sparks ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, murder, fight, kickboxing, competition, heroes, master warrior, law enforcement, rivalry, gang, vengeance, down on your luck ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Don "the Dragon" Wilson is a man pursued. Branded a cop-killer, he must fight simply to stay alive, and to clear his name... with the very police who framed him.
Plot:
exploitation, manhunt, one man army, kung fu, art, brawl, martial arts, fistfight, one against many, fight, gunfight, duel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
swat team, rivalry, confined, law enforcement, gang, mission gone awry, tough heroes, male female relationship, anti heroine, female villain, undercover, fbi ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, british columbia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jack Severino has no memory, all he knows is the brutal sport of Pit Fighting. When his past catches him up, he realizes he is not who he thought he was. For some men must fight for redemption.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, haunted by the past, vengeance, rivalry, memory loss, martial arts, murder, wrestler, heroes, tough heroes, hopes, tournament ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Terrorists take over a nuclear weapons launch site, but don't count on a humble military courier, who happens to be making a visit
Plot:
kickboxing, exploitation, fight, heroes, female nudity, master warrior, showdown, combat, hostile takeover, nuclear, terrorist plot, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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