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The Professor (1986)
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Original name: Il camorrista
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an empire founded on murders and drugs. He starts a war to destroy all the old Camorra bosses and becoming the new "boss of the bosses". With his sister's help he manages to evade from prison and escape in New York. Here he starts immediately a new relationship with "Cosa Nostra" (Italian American Mafia). He is going to seat on the peak of the most powerful criminal organization, and the Italian authorities are almost impotent.
Style:
poliziottesco, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, camorra, italian mafia, crime family, italian gangster, police, female nudity, nazi, gulag, criminal, nude girl, organized crime, mobster, kidnapping, murder, corruption, heroes, prison life, isolation, rivalry, ambition, law enforcement, rise and fall, confined ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, naples italy, new york, napoli italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about gangster, mafia, organized crime, italian mafia, crime family, italian gangster and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Professor: The Valachi Papers (1972), Corleone (2007), Excellent Cadavers (1999), Romanzo Criminale (2005), Witness to the Mob (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
italian mafia, prison, mafia, mobster, hitman, organized crime, crime family, criminal, cosa nostra, good guy, professional killer, italian gangster ...
Time:
1940s, year 1972, 1920s, 1950s, 1930s ...
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
Il Capo dei Capi (The Boss of the Bosses) is a six-part Italian miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007. It tells the story of Salvatore Riina, alias Totò u Curtu, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily. Riina is played ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, criminal heroes, gangster, organized crime, sicilian mafia, italian mafia, bribery, notoriety, cat and mouse, corrupt politician, mobster ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy, southern italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, organized crime, law, historical figure, italian history, law enforcement, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
The Lebanese has a dream: to conquer the underworld of Rome. To carry out this feat without precedent he puts together a ruthless and highly organized gang. Their progress and changes in leadership take place over 25 years, from the 1970s into the ...
Style:
serious, stylized, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, making love, gang, police investigation, criminal heroes, partner, law enforcement, rivalry, leadership, ransom, drug dealing, sex scene ...
Time:
80s, year 2005, 90s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
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28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino ...
Style:
cult classic, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, hitman, crime family, gang, courtroom drama, gangsta, italian mafia, organized crime, cosa nostra, professional killer, italian gangster ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Confessions of a Police Captain (Italian: Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica, also known as Confessions of a Police Commissioner to the District Attorney) is an Italian crime-drama film about a cop starring ...
Style:
poliziottesco, grindhouse, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female nudity, police, mafia, police officer, italian police, corruption, gang violence, corrupt, italian mafia, woman with a gun, nude girl, italian gangster ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the '80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain the complete control of smuggles. ...
Plot:
mafia, italian mafia, crime family, italian gangster, judge, sicilian mafia, cosa nostra, italian police, carabinieri, heroes, police officer, police officer killed ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
sicily, italy, palermo italy
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, prohibition, brutality, gunfight, rise and fall, mafia, murder, police investigation, hitman, gang war, violence, bare breasts ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa, north america
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
poliziottesco, detective, neo noir, non-linear, exciting ...
Plot:
italian police, police, robbery, police officer, politics, car chase, social commentary, anarchist, theft, tough heroes, heist, chases and races ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, milan italy
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, cosa nostra, chases and races, master criminal, crime gone awry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal heroes, bank, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, miami
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, hitman, rise and fall, murder, criminal heroes, undercover, rivalry, master criminal, going straight, downfall, police corruption, gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, florida
Similarity:
25%
902
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Style:
grim, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, mobster, blaxploitation, criminal, italian police, crime family, prison, gangster, restaurant, jail, heist, murder ...
Time:
year 1960, 70s, 60s
Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An innocent American engineer is blackmailed by gangsters into a plot to assassinate his cousin, who is a judge in Sicily fighting the Mafia.
Style:
serious, tense, crime thriller, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
mafia, danger, organized crime, blackmail, corruption, betrayal, justice, criminal conspiracy, threat, family conflict, underworld, assassination ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, realistic, harsh, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 90s, 60s, 2000s, 70s
Place:
italy, milan italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins ...
Style:
poliziottesco, historical drama, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, mobster, ambition, organized crime, american mafia, intelligence agency, crime family, mafioso, democrat, gangster, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place:
italy, sicily, usa, europe, new york ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense, gloomy
Plot:
journalism, idealism, mafia, uncover truth, investigation, italian gangster, danger, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, gangster, italian mafia ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
italy, europe, southern italy, naples italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In 1980 Paolo Borsellino was appointed with the preliminary investigations and the task of setting up a team which would later become the famous anti-mafia pool, investigating into the criminal activities of various mafia bands, in particular the ...
Plot:
judge, mafia, police officer, carabinieri, true crime, italian gangster, italian mafia, cosa nostra, crime family, sicilian mafia, man killed, mob hit ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Egocentric bandit Salvatore Guiliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, suspense, spiritual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mafia, betrayal, gunfight, sicilian, leadership, politics, society, dishonesty, political unrest, gangster, class differences, italian gangster ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1987
Place:
sicily, italy, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price.
Style:
captivating, serious, political thriller, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, incestuous relationship, betrayal, illicit affair, italian mafia, filicide, gangster, organized crime, rivalry, family life, accidental incest, monastery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of New York's infamous Bonanno organized crime family. When his father disappears in 1964 and Bill ...
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, rough, semi documentary
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, crime family, organized crime, gangster, tough heroes, ambition, gays and lesbians, crime boss, mafioso, criminal underworld, criminal syndicate, mafia don ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gang, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, ambition, vengeance, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business ...
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, stylized, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, mafia, friendship, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, tough heroes, ex convict, boxing, crime family, italian gangster, organized crime, interwar period ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
europe, france, marseille, south of france, provence
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, mafia, sicilian, village, murder, danger, testimony, family life, youth, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1991, year 1985
Place:
sicily, palermo italy, europe, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film shows the difficulties of an honest, imperiled judge and his bodyguard of four men, trying to clean up a Sicilian town. Corrupt local politicians, working hand-in-hand with the Mafia, will stop at nothing to prevent exposure of their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
italian gangster, italian mafia, mafia, organized crime, crime family, italian politics, politics, assassination, police corruption, political corruption, life turned upside down, political conspiracy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A kid from the neighborhood goes to work for the Mafia as a collector.
Style:
suspense, grindhouse, crime drama, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, exploitation, crime family, mobster, italian gangster, italian mafia, twin towers, serial killer, crime wave, gangster, kids in trouble ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Romania
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
bank robber, criminal, kidnapping, murder, gangster, romancing a criminal, confined, gang, master criminal, prison, bandit, mafia ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Milan pimp faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite organized crime in Italy.
Style:
poliziottesco, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
police, italian police, murder, gangster, gang war, strong violent content, nudity, urban, criminal's revenge, rivalry, betrayal, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, europe
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20%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, disgusting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, brutality, godfather, federal bureau of investigation, organized crime, mobster, criminal heroes, cosa nostra, father son relationship, american mafia, mafia, family relations ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 2002 ...
Place:
columbus ohio, new york, usa
Similarity:
50%
53K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have ...
Style:
tense, harsh, realistic, serious, depressing ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang war, mafia, camorra, gangster, death, danger, organized crime, italian mafia, gang, power, character study ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, napoli italy, europe, venice, miami ...
Similarity:
19%
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