Movies like A Brooklyn State of Mind
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A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the real Brooklyn. Al and Gabriela become friendly but the relationship is strained when he discovers her true goal is to expose Parente's criminal activities. When Al sees the evidence Gabriela has uncovered, which implicates Parente in the death of many locals (including Al's own father), he seeks revenge in a dangerous confrontation with his boss.
Style:
independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
gangster, mafia, friendship, hitman, murder, conspiracy, parents and children, love and romance, profanity, fall in love, vengeance, working undercover, sexual content, law enforcement, filmmaking, dishonesty, going straight, criminal heroes, tough heroes, violent content, racial prejudice, racial slur, ethnic slur, ethnic hatred, graphic violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Keyword:
gangsters
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gangster, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement, murder and deadly mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like A Brooklyn State of Mind: Two Coyotes (2001), Detour (1998), Mafioso: The Father The Son (2001), Blood Ties (1986), Decisions (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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