Movies like The Grissom Gang

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The Grissom Gang (1971)
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The Grissom Gang (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody breakdown of the family unit. Both The Grissom Gang and the original No Orchids For Miss Blandish were inspired by the best-seller by James Hadley Chase, though neither film retains Chase's original ending.
Style: neo noir, independent film, tense, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, biting, crying ...
Plot: hostage, gangster, stockholm syndrome, organized crime, private investigator, criminal gang, nightclub singer, woman with a gun, survival, gang, kidnapping, family relations, unrequited love, kidnapped woman, dark humor, gory, missing person, parents and children, love and romance, fugitives, fall in love, chase, chases and races, love affair, confined ...
Time: year 1971, 1930s, 1920s, year 1931, 30s, 20s
Keyword: gangsters, abductor, bruise, outburst

Most similar movies to The Grissom Gang

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, neo noir and serious films with plots about murder, violence, criminal, death, blood, cigarette smoking and dead body mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Grissom Gang: Bloody Mama (1970), Caged Men (1971), Julie Darling (1982), Perfect Strangers (1984), 10 to Midnight (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bloody Mama (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sexually abused as a young girl, Kate "Ma" Barker (Shelley Winters) grows into a violently powerful woman by the 1930s. She lovingly dominates her grown sons, and grooms them into a pack of tough crooks. The boys include the cruel Herman ...
Style: psychotronic, grindhouse, bleak, hood, cult classic ...
Plot: gang, gangster, prison, murder, female gangster, shootout, great depression, bad mother, robbery, older woman younger man relationship, strong female lead, fbi ...
Time: 1930s, year 1929
Place: america, arkansas
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95%
 6.4
 87
Caged Men (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Elliott was a loser who robbed the bank only to land in jail. In prison, he encounters homosexuality as every inmate wants to turn Elliott into a mate!
Style: poliziottesco, independent film, crying, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
Plot: prison rape, traumatized man, rape, prison, exploitation, male star appears nude, sex scene, gang rape, friendship between men, gay rape, corporal punishment, anal rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 6.0
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Julie Darling (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.
Style: suspense, slasher, erotic, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: obsession, evil child, sex scene, female psychopath, violence, sex crime, making love, woman with a gun, exploitation, murder, psychopath, incest overtones ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Perfect Strangers (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
Style: neo noir, independent film, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: hitman, gangster, feminism, murder, single mother, female chauvinist, female sexist, sex scene, misandrist, child witness, witness, feminist ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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10 to Midnight (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, male nudity, murder, serial killer, revenge, sex maniac, red light district, serial rape, criminal, vigilantism, psychopath, nudity ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Someone Behind the Door (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A brain doctor (Anthony Perkins) with an unfaithful wife (Jill Ireland) brings home an amnesiac (Charles Bronson) and gets him to commit murder.
Style: slasher, serious, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Plot: amnesia, vengeance, infidelity, affair, manipulation, rivalry, murder, memory loss, doctor patient relationship, psychological manipulation, doctor, mental patient ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Style: southern gothic, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: insanity, haunted by the past, murder, hagsploitation, plot twist, mental disorder, deep south, female villain, aging, woman in danger, psychotic woman, bullying ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1964, 1920s
Place: louisiana, southern usa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Freeway (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style: disturbing, dark comedy, suspenseful, bloody, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: serial killer, little red riding hood, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, drug addiction, psychopath, brutality, prison, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, murder, police investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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The French Detective (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning ...
Style: crime drama, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: politics, police officer, judiciary, hostage, murder, manslaughter, prostitute, partner, price of justice, police corruption, political corruption, police investigation ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
Place: france, europe, paris france, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Flic Story (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, gangster, robbery, prison, law enforcement, police investigation, investigation, police corruption, psychopath, police station ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 1950s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owner’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Style: disturbing, serious, touching, detective, independent film ...
Plot: farm, on the run, fugitive, faith, innocence, adolescence, hiding, post war, childhood, family relations, mistaken identity, little girl ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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I'm Your Woman (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In this 1970s set crime drama, a woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, entertaining, crying ...
Plot: femme fatale, wanted, organized crime, betrayal, blood, danger, manipulation, surveillance, intrigue, crime boss, twists and turns, undercover ...
Time: 70s, 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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In Cold Blood (1967)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A 1967 film based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their ...
Style: black and white, disturbing, suspense, neo noir, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, true crime, killer, execution, death row, death penalty, courtroom drama, lawyer, investigation, justice, jazz ...
Time: 50s, year 1967, year 1965, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place: kansas, america, usa, missouri, texas ...
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51%
The Killing Kind (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Young Terry Lambert returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer and the girl who framed him. But his real problem is his overbearing mother, whose boarding house he resides ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, psychological thriller, cult classic, classic horror ...
Plot: serial killer, gang rape, murder, exploitation, oedipus complex, mental disorder, sexual abuse, psychopath, mentally unstable, nudity, female nudity, strangulation ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Funeral (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York in 1930s. Details of the past of the brothers and their families are shown through a series of flashbacks.
Style: neo noir, independent film, surprise ending, hood, philosophical ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, organized crime, revenge, labor union, murder, vengeance, mobster, madness, ghetto, world war one, sex crime ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 1930s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Cop or Hood (1979)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot: corruption, organized crime, police, assassination, police brutality, chase, murder investigation, police operation, employer employee relationship, violence, attempted murder, bad cop ...
Place: south of france, france, cote d'azur, nice france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style: road movie, black comedy, cult classic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: car chase, on the run, chase, lovers on the run, small town, kidnapping, on the road, pursuit, prison, texas ranger, police captain, hostage ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Something for Everyone (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An opportunistic young man working as a servant to a European countess uses his sexual talents to better his station in life.
Style: independent film, clever, dark comedy, black comedy, humorous ...
Plot: gay, murder, lgbt, revenge, greed, hotel, corruption, serial killer, lgbtq, trippy, estate, manipulation ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: austria, europe, japan, prussia, central europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Kidnap Syndicate (1975)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist (James Mason) seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic (Luc Merenda).
Style: poliziottesco, detective, crying, psychotronic
Plot: vigilante, police, police officer, revenge, kidnapping, ransom, father, murder, massacre, betrayal, righteous rage, boy ...
Place: italy, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Seventh Juror (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually ...
Style: noir, neo noir, crying, psychological thriller, french noir
Plot: lawyer, bureaucracy, judge, witness, jury, repressed sexuality, judgment, narration, shakespeare's othello, trauma, voice over narration, dead body ...
Time: 60s
Place: france
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44%
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The New Kids (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A brother and sister arrive in a small town to help their relatives run an amusement park, and they find the town is terrorized by a local street gang.
Style: disturbing, slasher, captivating, tense, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bully, kidnapping, bullying, amusement park, dog attack, violence, sexual harassment, teenager, school bully, orphan, small town, gang ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: florida, usa
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44%
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style: neo noir, cult classic, exciting, witty, black comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: gangster, dark humor, organized crime, gunfight, violence, hitman, overdose, multiple storylines, violent, killings, drug, redemption ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, persia, america, peru ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 10K
Mobsters (1991)
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: talky, suspense, intense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mobster, gangster, organized crime, friendship, betrayal, greed, murder, criminal heroes, blind ambition, dishonesty, gang, mob boss ...
Time: 1920s, year 1991, 1910s, 1930s, year 1917
Place: new york, israel, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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At Close Range (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Based upon the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr., his son, and his brothers; together, they constituted one of suburban Philadelphia's most notorious crime families during the 1970's. Their criminal activities ranged from burglary, theft... ...
Style: neo noir, disturbing, tense, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: rape, organized crime, small town, father son relationship, sociopath, revenge, violent, gang, murder, violence, psychopath, serial killer ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: pennsylvania, usa
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42%
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Le Samurai (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
Style: neo noir, tense, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: loner, hitman, gangster, assassination, police investigation, loneliness, assassin, betrayal, chase, anti hero, organized crime, character study ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Something to Hide (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhiker. Before he knows it, he's in over his head and mixed up in violence and murder.
Style: offbeat, independent film
Plot: xmas, hitchhiker, murder, small town, gas station, shooting, drunken woman, manipulative behavior, female criminal, investigation, manipulative person, chase ...
Time: year 1972
Place: england, turkey
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42%
 6.8
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Harper (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Style: neo noir, suspense, cynical, detective, psychological ...
Plot: private detective, murder, investigation, kidnapping, missing person, twists and turns, uncover truth, dishonesty, adultery, divorce, ransom, private investigator ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.7
 3K
Chicuarotes (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Cagalera and Moloteco are two teenagers from San Gregorio Atlapulco who are desperate to get out and move up and away from oppressive circumstances. When they hear of an opportunity to buy a spot in the electrician’s union, which could transform ...
Style: hispanic, realistic, crying, tragicomedy
Plot: teenage boy, teenager, theft, clown, kidnapping, robbery, youth, family relations, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, escapades, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico city, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.7
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The Paramedic (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Unable to face his new reality in a wheelchair, Ángel develops a deadly obsession with the woman who left him and unleashes a sinister revenge plot.
Style: tense, suspense, emotional, intense, disturbing ...
Plot: violence against women, mental disorder, hidden identity, paraplegic, physical abuse, stalking, obsession, jealousy, murder, trauma, planned murder, macabre ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.1
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Hard Eight (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style: neo noir, cult classic, noir, independent film, clever ...
Plot: gambling, blackmail, redemption, casino, prostitute, hotel, kindness, mentor protege relationship, dark past, motel, secret, father figure ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
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41%
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