Arms deal movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant arms deal movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, cult film and rough films and TV shows about / with arms deal, gun, betrayal, violence, weapons, gunfight, gangsters, brutality, explosion and suspense plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Hong Kong and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as arms deal: Secret Agents (2004), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), No Tomorrow (1999), Johan Falk: Vapenbröder (2009), Shadows in Paradise (2010), Deal of the Century (1983), Ronin (1998), Killer Kid (1967), Pancho Villa (1972), Kill the Messenger (2014).
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List of arms deal movies
Genre: Crime, Action, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
spy, frame up, arms deal, secret agents, betrayal, double agent, ship, espionage, female agent, military, secret service, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, switzerland, europe, geneva switzerland, paris france ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Style:
political, realistic, clever, thought provoking, factual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, cia, politics, womanizer, arms dealer, stripper, party, female nudity, congress, congressman, showgirl, christmas party ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, 90s, year 1988 ...
Place:
afghanistan, washington d.c., texas, pakistan, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation, a lethal deal is struck to secure a multi-million dollar arms transaction. As word of the sinister deal spreads through the ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot:
rivalry, hip hop, gangsters, injustice, martial arts, criminal heroes, law enforcement, urban ghetto life, arms deal, arms dealer, hip hop culture, african american ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
John Falk is on a routine mission with the Gothenburg police special unit GSI. With the help of a Norwegian undercover police and a civilian infiltrator in one of Gothenburg's heaviest criminal gangs, the GSI are trying buy six assault rifles ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, exciting
Plot:
criminal, investigation, law enforcement, police detective, tough law enforcer, gang, arms dealing, working undercover, criminal gang, swedish police, weapons, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden
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Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During a rescue operation in Iraq, Special Forces member Max Forrester is devastated when Sasha, his squad mate and fiancée goes missing. Two years later, Max now out of the military, receives a call from his ex-commander, Captain Dyer, informing ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, disturbing, tense, surprise ending
Plot:
action violence, military, fight, terrorist, commando mission, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, soldier, mixed martial arts, ex soldier, gunfight, fistfight, arms deal ...
Place:
iraq
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, political ...
Plot:
cons and scams, arms dealer, cold war, disorder, dark humor, technology gone awry, nothing goes right, chase, greed, satire, aggression, arms deal ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of ...
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, clever, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, mafia, car chase, mercenary, car, cia, heist, spy, lone hero, chase, irish, ira ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, nice france, french riviera
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Genre: Romance, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The ruthless and cruel Captain Ramirez hunts down and kills revolutionaries in his search for The Saint, the righteous leader of the Mexican insurrection against the Federales.
Plot:
mexican revolution, arms deal, betrayal, father daughter relationship, escape, mexican, u.s. mexico border, mexican woman, fight, crucifix, fire, horse ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa is double-crossed in an arms deal planned by his comrade Scotty. Villa and Scotty plot a raid on a U.S. cavalry fort in retaliation.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
mexican revolution, cowboy, arms deal, heroes, against the odds, collision, train, political unrest, rivalry, folk hero, lone wolves, betrayal ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist ...
Style:
political, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, clever ...
Plot:
journalism, reporter, u.s. government, conspiracy, journalist, drug smuggling, media manipulation, politics, investigation, media, secrets, brainwashing ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
california, los angeles, iran, usa, latin america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
Style:
humorous, scary, splatter, bad ending, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
stupidity, conspiracy theory, farce, conspiracy, chase, destiny, dumb, dysfunctional family, surrealism, brutality, adoption, adaptation ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The last of the 'Airport' series again stars George Kennedy as aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps!
Style:
humorous, unusual plot structure, intense, campy, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, airplane, aviation, airport, natural disaster, air disaster, catastrophe, plane crash, arms dealer, survival, terrorism, murder ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
paris france, los angeles, europe, france, alps ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Three friends get caught in a life of major crime.
Style:
sad, serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangsters, friendship, bully, wedding, immigration, mafia, islam, organized crime, migration, politics, ex boyfriend, foreigner ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, clever, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
cia, mission, espionage, spy, secret agents, undercover, chase, secret service, twists and turns, murder, conspiracy, train ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
prague, virginia, paris france, united kingdom, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When an operational plan by the CIA to export sanctioned arms to apartheid-South Africa through him was ...
Style:
semi documentary, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination, saddam hussein, mossad, war, intrigue, military, engineer, secretary, cia agent, cia, undercover agent, weapon of mass destruction ...
Time:
year 1988, 90s
Place:
middle east, london, brussels, baghdad iraq, iraq
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.
Style:
exciting, sexy, humorous, slasher, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, betrayal, 007, car chase, deception, british secret service, assassination attempt, villain, secret service, secret agents ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, london, vienna, england, morocco ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, manly
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, battles, war, military, courage, warrior, pride and honor, self discovery, katana, human spirit, martial arts ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
japan, asia, africa, pacific ocean, san francisco ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money ...
Style:
stylized, serious, tense, talky, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, stewardess, greed, heist, suspense, drugs, twists and turns, airport, blaxploitation, bail bondsman, multiple perspectives, organized crime ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, africa, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of ...
Style:
stylized, intense, bloody, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gunfight, violence, martial arts, undercover, organized crime, mafia, heroic bloodshed, murder, partnership, suspense, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An impoverished leader of a small religious commune in Miami, is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for an FBI agent, who plans to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.
Style:
tragicomedy, serious, light, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, nuclear, optimist, religious cult, police raid, political satire, pacifist, absurdism, police corruption, social satire, secret police, snitch ...
Place:
miami
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After being punished for disobedience and arranging an arms deal with Russian mobsters, young member Takura violently takes over control of his Japanese mafia family. Takura takes advantage of his new position and is proceeding his deal with the ...
Plot:
martial arts, gangsters, undercover cop, stripper, attempted rape, yakuza, arms deal, strip club, kung fu, female nudity, prostitute, sexploitation ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.
Style:
cult film
Plot:
police, police officer, revenge, organized crime, suicide, fight, gunfight, violent, rape, crooked lawyer, racketeer, police raid ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a bloody beginning, a pair of stylish Japanese thieves steal some valuable gems. In a harrowing scene, during their escape, they kill the partner of a ruffled detective (think Columbo with a Chuck Barris hairdo). The detective swears revenge, and ...
Style:
perverse, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, heroic bloodshed, femdom, badass female lead, fight club, heist, female martial artist, heroes, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, track down ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong, japan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This sequel to the critically-acclaimed box-office winner Long Arm of the Law maintains the same stark realism of the original. In Saga Two, the Royal Hong Kong Police put into operation a new plan to counteract the problem of increasing violent ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, hostage, chase, betrayal, gangsters, graphic violence, rivalry, immigrants, confined, master criminal, law enforcement, partners against crime ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
Style:
neo noir, harsh, stylized, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, murder, who done it, suspense, fbi, mistaken identity, undercover, working undercover, hidden identity, money, existentialism, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new mexico, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created ...
Style:
reflective, satirical, allegory, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gang, gangsters, vigilante, vigilantism, murder, vengeance, culture clash, hospital, redemption, violence, death ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
indiana, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.
Style:
buddy comedy, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
buddies, martial arts, buddy cop, heroic bloodshed, gangsters, kung fu, gunfight, chainsaw, buddy, organized crime, drug dealer, friends ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Archetypal buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their collective sights on bringing down a former Los Angeles police lieutenant turned black market weapons dealer. Lorna Cole joins as the ...
Style:
buddy movie, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddy cop, police, buddies, suspense, gangsters, gunfight, buddy, car chase, vigilante, police investigation, law enforcement, foul language ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An early movie of Chow Yun-Fat. The story is about two brothers going into opposite directions in life. One leaves the triads to become an honest citizen, the other stays triads member. But in the end both hold together. A typical HK movie storylin ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, gangsters, leadership, partners against crime, partners, society, rivalry, fighting crime, undercover, gang, buddies, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia, macau, thailand
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Chow Yun-Fat plays Ko Chun, an extremely talented and well known gambler. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler, Ko walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but a so-so gambler (Andy Lau), meant for an Indian servant. ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, semi serious, scenic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, card playing, poker, memory loss, comeback, betrayal, gunfight, martial arts, amnesia, bloodbath, bodyguard, traitor ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, san francisco, tokyo
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