Movies like Glo
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Glo (2024)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Forced to navigate dangerous environments to keep her mother alive, Glo gets entangled with a mob boss and finds her life spiraling out of control.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, crime thriller, neo noir, dark, bleak
Plot:
survival, mother daughter relationship, organized crime, desperation, female protagonist, mob boss, violence, corruption, urban, moral ambiguity, crime family, underworld, betrayal, power struggle, cat and mouse, urban decay, anti hero, revenge, violence against women
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Most similar movies to Glo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crime drama, tense, dark and suspense films with plots about moral ambiguity, betrayal, corruption, urban, revenge, organized crime and violence mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Glo: Rose Gold (2023), La Jefa (2025), Shukra (2021), Deadly Pursuits (1996), The Ground (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
motherhood, drug traffic, female protagonist, danger, survival, mother daughter relationship, family drama, protective parent, betrayal, violence, sacrifice, poverty ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Gloria's perfect life shatters when hitmen kill her fiancé at their wedding. Abandoned by family, pursued by enemies, and stripped of assets, she must enter the money laundering world to protect her son.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, dark, soap opera ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, organized crime, hitman, money laundering, revenge, single mother, betrayal, survival, resilience, protective parent, moral ambiguity, underworld ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A couple enters a city ruled by cruel thugs but an unsettling affair reopens unexpected twists and creates new tensions for them. Will they stick together through it all?
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
gang, unsettling, corruption, moral ambiguity, fear, betrayal, power struggle, urban, survival, adultery, revenge, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former stripper befriends a young man looking for his father, all the while trying to avoid a hitman for the mob, to whom she is deeply in debt.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, danger, underworld, stripper, pursuit, survival, nightlife, debt, cat and mouse, betrayal, fugitive ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Two men living in a criminal-ran city have two choices: Either fight back or join the corruption. Chaos just always seems to find them.
Style:
crime drama, dark, crime thriller, tense, noir ...
Plot:
corruption, violence, danger, urban, street crime, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, gang, crime boss, betrayal, hopelessness, anti hero ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly ...
Style:
crime drama, disturbing, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
yakuza, organized crime, crime family, criminal underworld, mafia, female protagonist, multiple storylines, bandit, criminal gang, criminal syndicate, gang, criminal ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Denmark
Story:
At last, Michael is getting his life back on track when his elder brother Johnny shows up unexpectedly. Johnny owes money to some people who resort to extreme measures whenever a debt is to be collected. Michael does not wish to participate in any ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brotherhood, debt, desperation, moral ambiguity, sibling relationship, moral dilemma, family conflict, loan shark, survival, violence, urban, organized crime ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Caught in a seedy underworld of lies, lust and murder, Antonelli, the local mob boss, and his sultry young wife, Michelle, share a game of deception and jealousy that soon turns deadly.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, neo noir, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, deception, mob boss, seduction, lust, betrayal, jealousy, organized crime, manipulation, sexual tension, moral ambiguity, violence ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Boston, the four Naldoff brothers make a comfortable living running money scams. But the youngest brother, Lee, is dangerously attracted to the excitement of the underworld lifestyle. When Lee puts a hit on a wealthy businessman, he unknowingly ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, dark, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, brothers, scam, organized crime, mafia, underworld, criminal underworld, crime family, brotherhood, violence, moral ambiguity, hitman ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
boston, new england
Similarity:
39%
266
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ex-showgirl and part-time hooker Rogers looses her legitimate job at a casino because of an abusive trick. She gets revenge when she is blacklisted and her son is threatened.
Style:
dark, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, retribution, payback, protective mother, female protagonist, mother son relationship, moral ambiguity, abuse, survival, streetwise, sex work, urban ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A man who works for a seedy private detective decides to turn over a new leaf, but ends up antagonising the men behind his last assignment, and gets entangled in a web spun by greedy politicians, corrupt cops and ruthless gangsters.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
gangster, corruption, organized crime, private detective, underworld, violence, danger, moral ambiguity, criminal conspiracy, criminal syndicate, political corruption, power struggle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Akın's life, who lived with a father he didn't like and a sick mother, changed after he lost his mother. He plans to start a new life with the money he steals from the carpentry workshop where he works. When his girlfriend Deniz dismisses ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, neo noir, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
urban, desperation, violence, gangster, moral ambiguity, organized crime, male protagonist, working class, poverty, underworld, escape, realism ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack Littlemore's in art security, but he's already in enough trouble – then an old friend comes out of his past and threatens to finish him off completely.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
betrayal, danger, art theft, conspiracy, revenge, moral ambiguity, fugitive, cat and mouse, urban, criminal underworld, manhunt, corruption ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
There is a mafia man named "President" on the series. Ekrem Altindagli lives with his wife and children. His family life is restless. Neriman, an old and grumpy mother, constantly raises trouble. His uncle, a mafia boss like himself, is ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, gangster boss, organized crime, underworld, crime family, family drama, patriarch, power struggle, betrayal, corruption, threat, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When a criminal imprisoned by detectives Ron Fugate and Morris Brinson is released and puts a hit out on them, both their partnership and their very existence quickly begins to decay... Who will survive, and at what cost?
Style:
detective, dark, noir, psychological, crime thriller ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, law enforcement, revenge, murder, violence, corruption, investigation, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, partnership, hitman, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
35%
159
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate people in the city's suburbia to steal, cheat, and even kill for the money.
Style:
black and white, crime drama, bleak, neo noir, noir ...
Plot:
boxing, suburbs, survival, desperation, urban decay, poverty, corruption, violence, heist, moral ambiguity, hopelessness, working class ...
Time:
60s
Place:
eastern europe, belgrade, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After losing everything and his wife's disappearance, Siddharth faces arrest. While investigating, he uncovers widespread societal crimes and vulnerabilities.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, missing person, conspiracy, social realism, ethical dilemma, family tragedy, urban, underworld, moral ambiguity, organized crime, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
33%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Drug-dealer Sev and his equally broken girlfriend Maddie accept a risky deal from an old childhood friend, setting off an irreversible chain of events.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, drug dealer, white trash, life is a bitch, social problems, social issues, drug, social decay, junkie, royalty, social misfits, society ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the life of Bhairathi Ranagal's journey from being a law-abiding responsible lawyer to the benevolent crime boss of Karnataka.
Style:
crime drama, intense, dark, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, rise to power, power struggle, anti hero, organized crime, transformation, moral ambiguity, underworld, character study, biopic, violence, betrayal ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the streets he once swore to protect.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, moral ambiguity, urban, mature, betrayal, underworld, corruption, slow burn, urban decay, cat and mouse, justice, mission
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Argentina, France, Brazil, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
violence, serial killer, killing, who done it, antisocial behavior, life is a bitch, murder, murderer, criminal, social problems, moral ambiguity, globalization ...
Place:
brazil, new york, miami
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a small rural town hit hard by the Depression, Katie Connors resides in a middle-class home with her bootlegging husband Melvin. When the opportunity arises to bump him off without getting her hands dirty, she takes a chance she may never get ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, atmospheric, tension, dark ...
Plot:
bootlegging, organized crime, revenge, prohibition, female protagonist, murder, depression era, betrayal, survival, investigation, housewife, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
To save her father, Alice works for Daniela Brown, a ruthless mafia queen. A desperate deal turns into a storm of secrets, danger and desire, as Alice becomes the only person capable of breaking through Daniela's cold armor.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
crime family, moral ambiguity, emotional manipulation, organized crime, forbidden romance, sacrifice, betrayal, cat and mouse, seduction, survival, urban, power struggle ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a downward spiral of violence and revenge through the underbelly of Los Angeles.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, strip club, organized crime, female protagonist, crime boss, problem, gang, bandit, mafia, criminal gang, mafioso, mob hit ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A sequel in name only, Ambition Without Honor 2 follows Tetsuya, a young yakuza, who returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack from a rival gang. In his battle against dishonorable enemies and corrupt yakuza politics, ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, noir, suspenseful ...
Plot:
yakuza, organized crime, underworld, loyalty, honor, corruption, violence, revenge, gang warfare, moral ambiguity, power struggle, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Jose chases two dreams, winning the lottery, and winning over Diana's heart.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
lottery, desperation, greed, gangster, working class, gang, violent, love story, urban, nightshift, betrayal, mob boss ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of Ismail Abdoul, a promising young boxer getting caught between his sporting carreer and his rising fame in the criminal underworld.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
boxing, moral ambiguity, rise and fall, violence, ambition, drug traffic, anti hero, character study, organized crime, street life, corruption, gang ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Lithuania, Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A thriller about a crook who efforts to get out of the business could cost him his life. Gena is a drug runner who has grown tired of the violence and unpredictability of his life, and he decides it's time to go straight. Gena plans one last ...
Style:
crime drama, captivating, tense, crime thriller, road movie ...
Plot:
betrayal, prostitution, underground, murder, gangster, drug smuggling, murderer, escape, criminal underworld, organized crime, smuggling, russian mafia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
moscow russia, eastern europe, france, lithuania
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The main character is a man named Takashi Morioka, who has lost his job and his home due to a recession. He ends up falling into a trap set by the diabolical Yuki Michio, who happened to survive by chance an incident on an island 16 years ago where ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
delivery man, breaking the law, financial problem, delivery, choice, money problems, deal, family in danger, ethical dilemma, coercion, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 3 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
tense, crime drama, twisted, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
undercover, car theft, organized crime, police, gang, corruption, urban, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, power struggle, investigation, conspiracy ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
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