Movies like Black Mass
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Black Mass (2015)
184K
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Style:
factual, brutal, intense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, enigmatic, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, corruption, fbi, violence, murder, illness, brutality, irish mob, true crime, arms dealing, gang, suspense, gunfight, mob boss, police corruption, revenge, betrayal, fbi agent, adaptation, criminal, brother brother relationship, whistleblower, senator ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981, year 1985, year 2011, year 1975 ...
Place:
boston, new jersey, usa, massachusetts, miami, santa monica california, united states of america
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Most similar movies to Black Mass
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, interesting and rough films with plots about gangsters, murder, gang, mafia, organized crime, violence and corruption mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Black Mass: The Departed (2006), The Godfather (1972), Casino (1995), Public Enemies (2009), The Infiltrator (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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1.3M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, tense, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, police, suspense, mole, organized crime, undercover cop, gunfight, violence, corruption, undercover, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, china, taiwan ...
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1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style:
serious, epic, atmospheric, dramatic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, greed, revenge, betrayal, crime family, pride and honor, corruption, murder, wedding, gang war ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, europe, sicily ...
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100%
528K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, gangsters, rise and fall, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, betrayal, suspense, fbi, money ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1980 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa, midwest, kansas city, costa rica ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, ...
Style:
stylized, factual, exciting, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gunfight, organized crime, bank robbery, group of criminals, escape, criminal heroes, heist, gang, mafia, fbi, manhunt ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 90s, year 1933, 70s
Place:
usa, tucson arizona, indiana, chicago illinois, illinois ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Style:
tense, realistic, dramatic, factual, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug lord, drugs, money laundering, suspense, addiction, gangsters, drug cartel, federal agent, investigation, death, undercover agent, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
latin america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Godfather similar movies
397K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min.
Story:
A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, italian mafia, labor union, murder, gangsters, killer as protagonist, high society, prison, arrest, hitman, old man ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, chicago illinois, philadelphia, pennsylvania, cuba ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough ...
Style:
tense, brutal, talky, thought provoking, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mob boss, gang, gang war, irish, criminal, corruption, organized crime, murder, hitman, caper ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1975 ...
Place:
usa, ireland, boston, ohio, new york ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, brutal, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, mafia, psychopath, gangsters, crime family, lone hero, organized crime, killer, suspense, greed, notoriety, family relations ...
Time:
70s, year 1964, 60s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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155K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, gangsters, robbery, organized crime, crime boss, criminal heroes, fall in love, catholic, mafia, character study, church, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, boston, brooklyn new york city, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, harsh, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, heroin, mob boss, drug lord, police, drugs, gang, crime boss, drug traffic, criminal ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1968, year 1970 ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, bronx new york city, harlem, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Scarface
1.2M
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
rough, realistic, epic, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, rise and fall, criminal heroes, mentor, drugs, suspense, friends, cosa nostra, drug traffic, gang ...
Time:
70s, 50s, year 1970, 80s, year 1963 ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, florida, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
265K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, gangsters, drug lord, rise and fall, drug abuse, friendship, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug use, addiction ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 50s, 60s, 90s ...
Place:
california, colombia, latin america, boston, mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
314K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style:
tense, realistic, neo noir, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, undercover, organized crime, fbi, mentor, investigation, working undercover, suspense, undercover agent, gang, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, florida, usa, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
12K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running "the numbers". When, Madam Queen, the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem, is arrested. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson takes over the business and must ...
Style:
stylized, intense, melancholic, factual, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, african american, gunfight, violence, betrayal, corruption, death, destiny, prison, greed ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, harlem, california, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot 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 ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, clever, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, corruption, smuggling, tough cop, tough law enforcer, gunfight, suspense, prohibition, tax evasion, prohibition era ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Pulp Fiction
246K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Style:
intense, harsh, stylized, entertaining, brutal ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, gang, bootlegging, smuggling, greed, prohibition, suspense, robbery, corruption, great depression ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1931, year 1940, 1940s
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia, new jersey
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67%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", ...
Style:
intense, bad ending, entertaining, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gang, gangsters, street gang, prison, prison gang, drug abuse, drug addiction, violence spree, destiny, jail, police shootout, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, ecuador, guatemala ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
188K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running ...
Style:
realistic, brutal, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, gang, rise and fall, organized crime, abusive husband, twins, psychopath, extortion, mental illness, violent, relationships ...
Time:
60s, 50s, year 1957, 20th century, year 2000
Place:
england, london, east end london, scotland yard, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
16K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
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, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, cosa nostra, federal bureau of investigation, father son relationship, mafia, godfather, brutality, organized crime, parents and children, family relations, ambition ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1997, year 2002 ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
30K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, intense, talky, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, gambling, casino, organized crime, gangsters, hollywood, jewish, suspense, ambition, rise and fall, love affair, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1945, 70s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Shows like Narcos
432K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangsters, drug cartel, drug dealer, drug dealing, rise to the top, cartel, illegal drugs, cia agent, dea, master criminal, drugs, smuggling ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, latin america, mexico, south america, panama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
24K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Jack Nicholson's portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro (Danny DeVito). The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt all the way to a conclusion ...
Style:
tense, factual, intense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, labor union, organized crime, politics, conspiracy, working class, suspense, prison, social activist, corruption, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
detroit, new jersey, michigan, new york, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
126K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
police corruption, fighting the system, police, corruption, whistleblower, undercover cop, police investigation, suspense, mafia, social decay, partners, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.
Style:
dark, disturbing, harsh, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
gangsters, twins, mafia, gang, organized crime, mental illness, violent, murder, brutality, criminal, male nudity, violence ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 20th century, 50s, 70s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, brutal, tense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, robbery, gambling, mafia, organized crime, hitman, heist, murder, brutality, crime gone awry, gang, violence ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Blood In, Blood Out related movies
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with ...
Style:
factual, captivating, tense, emotional
Plot:
drug smuggling, gang, woman, smuggler, parent child relationship, cocaine, drugs, mother, murder, kidnapping, arrest, drug dealer ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
191K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Japan, Colombia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Style:
exciting, factual, emotional, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
pilot, money laundering, drugs, cia, drug cartel, smuggler, cocaine, fbi, sex scene, money, drug traffic, aviation ...
Time:
80s, year 1978, 70s, year 1986, year 1983 ...
Place:
colombia, latin america, usa, panama, central america ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
true crime, murder investigation, gangsters, undercover agent, police officer killed, police corruption, uncover truth, gang, who done it, police detective, partners, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2015, year 1997
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
134K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
Style:
surreal, stylized, brutal, harsh, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, brutality, social misfits, mental illness, violence, gangsters, male nudity, prison life, violence spree, society, jail, fistfight ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, year 1974
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
398K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their ...
Style:
exciting, intense, captivating, serious, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, robbery, gunfight, romancing a criminal, group of criminals, thief, gang, gangsters, organized crime, suspense, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, florida, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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