Movies like The French Connection
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to The French Connection. Explore films such as GoodFellas, The Dark Knight, and Cop Land, around the themes of based on true story, triggerman, criminal investigation. Other notable keywords include heroin and smuggling.
#1
GoodFellas
Synopsis:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Joe Pesci,
Ray Liotta
Plot:
gangster,
mafia,
organized crime,
sadistic psychopath,
rise and fall,
mob,
robbery,
gang violence,
adultery,
infidelity
...
#2
The Dark Knight
Synopsis:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Starring:
Gary Oldman,
Morgan Freeman,
Christian Bale
#3
Cop Land
Synopsis:
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his id…
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone,
Robert De Niro,
Robert Patrick
#4
Point Break
Synopsis:
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Starring:
Keanu Reeves,
John Philbin,
Patrick Swayze
Plot:
bank robbery,
surfer,
title directed by female,
male bonding,
robbery,
gang,
gangster,
criminal,
investigation,
masked robber
...
#5
Lethal Weapon 2
Synopsis:
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 Murtaugh's toilet, the action explodes!
Starring:
Danny Glover,
Jenette Goldstein,
Mark Rolston
Plot:
krugerrand,
two man army,
shoulder,
holster,
squad car,
squad,
car,
wilhelm scream,
grocery store,
good versus evil
...
#6
Batman Begins
Synopsis:
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
Starring:
Cillian Murphy,
Gary Oldman,
Liam Neeson
#7
Bad Boys II
Synopsis:
Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sexy sister.
Starring:
Michael Shannon,
Peter Stormare,
Will Smith
Plot:
cuba,
police,
miami florida,
sequel,
anti hero,
buddy movie,
buddy comedy,
cringe comedy,
camp,
motor vehicle
...
#8
Traffic
Synopsis:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and i…
Starring:
Dennis Quaid,
Michael Douglas,
Don Cheadle
Plot:
mexico,
judge,
cocaine,
interlinked stories,
drug smuggling,
kidnapping,
drug cartel,
drug trafficking,
color filter,
drug war
...
#9
Shaft
Synopsis:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Starring:
Richard Roundtree,
Moses Gunn,
Charles Cioffi
#10
Bright
Synopsis:
In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
Starring:
Will Smith,
Joel Edgerton,
Lucy Fry
Plot:
orc,
buddy movie,
elf,
magic,
wand,
urban fantasy,
police,
fairy,
alternate reality,
buddy cop
...
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#11
Baby Driver
Synopsis:
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Eiza González,
Ansel Elgort
#12
The Untouchables
Synopsis:
Young Treasury Agent Eliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.
Starring:
Charles Martin Smith,
Robert De Niro,
Andy García
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#13
Starsky & Hutch
Synopsis:
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
Owen Wilson,
Carmen Electra
#14
Skin Trade
Synopsis:
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Starring:
Michael Jai White,
Dolph Lundgren,
Peter Weller
With the same actors
#15
Carlito's Way
Synopsis:
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.
Starring:
Luis Guzmán,
John Leguizamo,
Al Pacino
Plot:
mafia,
nightclub,
gangster,
female nudity,
go go dancer,
based on novel,
outdoor sex,
mob lawyer,
foot chase,
snorting cocaine
...
#16
The Fugitive
Synopsis:
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones,
Joe Pantoliano,
L. Scott Caldwell
#17
Taxi Driver
Synopsis:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Albert Brooks,
Jodie Foster
#18
John Wick: Chapter 2
Synopsis:
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
Starring:
Lance Reddick,
Common,
Laurence Fishburne
Plot:
one man army,
sequel,
hitman,
one against many,
violence,
shot in the head,
sign language,
blood,
dog,
suicide
...
#19
Chinatown
Synopsis:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Starring:
James Hong,
Jack Nicholson,
Roman Polanski
Plot:
neo noir,
private detective,
femme fatale,
detective,
police,
water rights,
tragedy,
year 1937,
racism,
domestic violence
...
#20
The Foreigner
Synopsis:
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
Starring:
Ray Fearon,
Jackie Chan,
Pierce Brosnan
Plot:
gun,
justice,
terrorism,
explosion,
london england,
handgun,
death,
death of daughter,
affair,
restaurant
...