Best movies like Sister Street Fighter
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Plot Summary:
Lee Long is a martial-arts champion who the police use as an undercover agent to infiltrate a drug ring responsible for importing heroin from Japan to Hong Kong. When he is identified and imprisoned, the police pressure his sister, Tina Long, to help them locate and free him. She gets the help of Lee's martial-arts school, including the powerful Sonny Kawasaka, for the inevitable battle-royale with the drug gang, which includes masters of many different 'schools' of fighting.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, independent film
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TNT Jackson (1974)
Plot Summary:
A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: funny, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, fast, campy, cult film
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Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974)
Plot Summary:
This time Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes (!). Koryu's older sister, Bykakuran (Tamayo Mitsukawa), working as a jewelry designer, is secretly if unhappily involved with the gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: crime drama, grindhouse
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Return of the Tiger (1977)
Plot Summary:
The thriving narcotics smuggling operations in Bangkok are headed by rival American and Chinese interests. The former is led by huge bearded nightclub owner, menacingly played by Paul Smith. His bitter rival Tse-Chan goes to elaborate lengths to have him "eliminated." The honors, however, fall to the fantastic Bruce Li - as an undercover agent playing a highly dangerous game - and his attractive girl assistant. With their supreme intervention, both factions are eliminated forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Come Drink with Me (1966)
Plot Summary:
Cheng Pei-pei plays Golden Swallow, a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Swallow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat (Yueh Hua) who aids her in her mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, serious, stylized, spaghetti western
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Golgo 13 (1977)
Plot Summary:
Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, detective, manga
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In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, innocent immigrant dock worker Luk Wan-Ting gets caught up in the mix when he witnesses the murder of an intelligence operative and is framed for the crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: perverse, cult classic, detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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The Master (1992)
Plot Summary:
Uncle Tak is famous for using Chinese herbal medicines to cure diseases. A martial arts expert, he also teaches the young how to defend themselves. One of his students, Johnny, dreams of monopolizing the teaching of kung fu throughout the United States. To accomplish this, he tries to kill Uncle Tak. Chuck, Uncle Tak's best student from Hong Kong, comes to Los Angeles to find his master. Chuck is willing to let Johnny have his way, and tries to take Uncle Tak back to Hong Kong. But Johnny and his men will not leave Chuck alone. Chuck, on his way back to Hong Kong, returns for the showdown.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, scenic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Detective Doberman (1977)
Plot Summary:
The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The police comes to the conclusion that its the work of a pyromaniacal serial murderer. The murder victim is identified as Mayumi Tamaki, a native of Ishigaki, Okinawa. As the investigation unfolded, her former boyfriend, a former rider of a motorcycle named Chōei Mikawa emerged as a suspect. But Kano did not agree Mikawa is the suspect. Kano started conducting the investigation himself to search the real criminal person.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, neo noir, detective, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (1974)
Plot Summary:
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, stylized, fast, psychotronic
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Game of Death II (1980)
Plot Summary:
In this dark tale of revenge, Bruce Lee "returns" as Billy Lo, whose best friend Chin Ku dies of a sudden illness. But suspicion of foul play arises when a gang tries to steal Ku's coffin at the funeral using a helicopter. When Lo's younger brother Lo hears about the incident, he leaves his Buddhist master to investigate the truth. His trail soon leads him to the Castle of Death, the last place Chin Ku was seen alive. There, he meets and befriends an unlikely ally--a cruel and merciless martial arts expert who is also the tower's master. But when the master dies under mysterious circumstances, Lo ends up dueling with someone far more terrifying.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Streetfighter (1974)
Plot Summary:
Terry is a tough mercenary and a master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Terry to kidnap the daughter. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, then try to kill him to conceal their secret plans, he promptly offers his services to protect her. Much ultra-violent martial-arts fighting action, as expected, ensues. This also includes a subplot of a family's blood-feud with Terry over a disputed debt.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, bloody, cult classic, stylized, controversial, crime drama, perverse, exciting, rough, serious
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Return of the Street Fighter (1974)
Plot Summary:
Martial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Tsurugi, but Tsurugi's fight ultimately is with the mob, and he concentrates on them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, independent film
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Rumble in Hong Kong (1973)
Plot Summary:
Incriminating evidence against a gang is left in a cab when a gang member dies in it. The gang chases the innocent cab driver, who receives help from the dead gangster's sister - a tough police woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Return of the Sister Street Fighter (1975)
Plot Summary:
She returns for more street fighting.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Family (2001)
Plot Summary:
When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi discovers that Takeshi was secretly sent by their Yakuza boss to eliminate Iwaida. Meanwhile, the mobster Kenmoshi abducts Takashi's wife Mariko and rapes her, trying to force Takashi to deliver his brother to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, bloody, crime drama, realistic
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The Bodyguard (1973)
Plot Summary:
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir
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The Executioner (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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My Lucky Stars (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
Plot Summary:
After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle he has ever been involved in.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, bloody, grindhouse, perverse, action adventure, independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful, fast
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China Strike Force (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer's daughter is suspected of corruption.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating, fast
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Once a Cop (1993)
Plot Summary:
As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang (Yeoh), a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend - recently discharged from the force - is the leader of this ruthless crime ring!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: slapstick, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, slapstick comedy
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My Father is a Hero (1995)
Plot Summary:
An undercover cop struggling to provide for his son and ailing wife, must infiltrate a ruthless gang. But things turn sour when another cop blows his cover and he quickly finds himself battling for his life and the lives of his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scenic, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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American Yakuza (1993)
Plot Summary:
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 Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate in the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical
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American Dragons (1998)
Plot Summary:
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 assassin is killing the leaders and an Italian assassin may have his own agenda.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Special ID (2013)
Plot Summary:
A cop and his team of comrades go undercover in one of China's most ruthless underworld organizations to stop a gang leader, only to put themselves in great danger after being exposed one by one.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: China
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, realistic
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Shogun's Ninja (1980)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: jidai geki, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Flash Point (2007)
Plot Summary:
Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland China's takeover of Hong Kong. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. A showdown is inevitable!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, cliffhanger, crime drama, cult classic, non stop action, aesthetic, rough
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Karate Warriors (1976)
Plot Summary:
The fourth and final film in the "Street Fighter" series, where Tsurugi protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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The Tracker (2001)
Plot Summary:
Spears, a private detective working in L.A. receives word from an old friend that the friend's sister (and Spears' ex-girlfriend), Kim, has been kidnapped by a criminal gang. At first, Spears doesn't want to get involved, especially when he finds out that his friend's family is mixed up with the Chinese Mafia, but the feelings he still has for Kim lead him to return to New York and try to rescue her. When he arrives, he learns that Kim is caught in the middle of a war with the Russian Mafia, and that her life now depends on him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, exciting, disturbing, crime drama, surprise ending
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The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)
Plot Summary:
A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, action packed, fast