Movies like Gotti 1996
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Gotti (1996)
10K
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, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
italian mafia, crime boss, mafia, mobster, gangster, gangsta, organized crime, crime family, biopic, mob boss, american mafia, mob hit, gang, criminal, entrepreneur, godfather, italian gangster, betrayal, life is a bitch, rise to the top, rebellion, journalism, legal, vengeance, ambition ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, usa, united states of america
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Most similar movies to Gotti
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about gangster, organized crime, crime family, mobster, mafia, mob and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Gotti: Casino (1995), Kill the Irishman (2011), Boss of Bosses (2001), Goodfellas (1990), Scarface (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
613K
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, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
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100%
Genre: Action, 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:
brutal, suspense, talky, intense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, mob boss, irish mob, gang war, corruption, hitman, gang, criminal, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time:
70s, year 2011, 60s, 20th century, year 1960 ...
Place:
usa, ireland, ohio, new york, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
20th century, year 1985, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
18K
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:
100%
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1.4M
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, homoerotic, realistic, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, violence, mentor, mobster, drug traffic, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, psychopath ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 90s, year 1990, year 1980 ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, florida, italy, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
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Audience:
date night, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, drug lord, gunfight, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, violence, badass ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, bolivia, cuba, florida ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Style:
tense, stylized, suspense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, outsmarting, courtroom, mafia, lawyer, jury, gangster, court case, court, mobster, legal, justice ...
Time:
year 2006, y2k, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
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:
1930s, 1920s, year 1975
Place:
chicago, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Style:
suspense, intense, talky, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, mobster, organized crime, friendship, vengeance, tough heroes, greed, murder, criminal heroes, dishonesty, blind ambition, mafia ...
Time:
1920s, year 1991, year 1917, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
new york, israel, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rise of Jackie Presser to President of the Teamster Union.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, sincere
Plot:
biopic, business, labor union, gangster, violent content, workplace situations, political corruption, political intrigue, unfulfillment, state affairs, fighting the system, society ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Style:
saga, epic, neo noir, visually appealing, bad ending ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, gangster, violence, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, guilt, sicilian mafia, assassination, catholic church ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1990, year 1980 ...
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy, new york, atlantic city new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, captivating, intense, factual ...
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, gangster, trial, sex, mob boss, sicilian mafia, organized crime, italian history, assassination attempt, assassination ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, year 2000, year 1992, year 1984 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, rio de janeiro, miami ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
Style:
hood, realistic, rough, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, urban, friends, drug dealing, black, juvenile delinquency, fighting crime, police investigation, betrayal, urban ghetto life, criminal heroes, police corruption ...
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Brutal and celebrated Mafia gangster John Gotti (Danny Nucci) schemes, shoves and murders his way to the top of that world in this gritty biography told from the perspective of Salvatore Polisi (Jason Gedrick), who owns the Sinatra Club, where ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, gang, gang leader, criminal heroes, rise to the top, dishonesty, heist, mobster, tough guy, crime boss ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
35%
33K
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, period piece, stylized, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, casino, gambling, biopic, organized crime, hollywood, rise and fall, ambition, love affair, elimination, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
Similarity:
35%
26K
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, serious, neo noir, suspense, factual ...
Plot:
labor union, organized crime, mafia, politics, gangster, conspiracy, disappearance, union, working class, social activist, prison, profanity ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa, new york, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
33%
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354K
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:
neo noir, clever, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, undercover, organized crime, mobster, mentor, fbi, working undercover, italian mafia, fbi agent, undercover agent, law enforcement, friends ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, miami, florida, usa ...
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
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 ...
Style:
poliziottesco, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, camorra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, female nudity, police, gulag, mobster, nazi, nude girl ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place:
italy, naples italy, new york, napoli italy
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, social ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, criminal heroes, mafia, crime gone awry, love and romance, couple relations, wanted, partner, fbi, chases and races, true love, couples ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Story:
Sprawling Mario Puzo novel about an Italian family of gangsters draws the inevitable comparison to "The Godfather", but does find its own direction. Headed by Don Domenico Clericuzio, the family executes a rival gang on the night of the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, mobster, daughter, honeymoon, family relations, criminal, rivalry, hired killer, mob boss, grandfather ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course ...
Style:
crime thriller, historical drama, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, crime boss, biopic, organized crime, betrayal, gangster, underworld, corruption, power struggle, betrayal of trust, gang warfare, conflict ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1957, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
31%
201K
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, suspense, brutal, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, violence, corruption, irish mob, organized crime, gangster, fbi, fbi agent, true crime, murder, illness, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, 70s, 80s, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place:
boston, peru, usa, massachusetts, miami ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
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:
tense, realistic, clever, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, mob boss, drug traffic, heroin, violence, smuggling, crime boss, ghetto, police ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1968, year 1970, year 2007 ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, vietnam, brooklyn new york city, cuba ...
Similarity:
31%
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:
30%
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:
30%
2.2M
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, captivating, atmospheric, epic, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, revenge, crime family, betrayal, mob boss, wedding, greed, pride and honor, cosa nostra, violence ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city, sicily ...
Similarity:
30%
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:
30%
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