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The Black Donnellys (2007)
15K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Meet the Donnelly brothers: Tommy, Jimmy, Kevin and Sean. There is nothing these four Irish brothers wouldn't do to protect each other, and for them that means lying, cheating, stealing and, occasionally, calling the cops. Narrated by wannabe gangster Joey "Ice Cream," this gritty series bears witness to the Donnelly brothers' sudden involvement in organized crime, focusing on how they go from boys to mobsters, and showing how their new life affects their relationships with friends, family and lovers.
Style:
captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, erotic, exciting, dramatic, anime, thrilling, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, making love, murder, mob boss, vengeance, family business, blind ambition, gang, family relations, family life, corruption, rivalry, young man, gang war, siblings relations, regret, suspicion, dishonesty, ethnic, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, gangster, sex scene, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, ireland, usa, american
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Most similar movies to The Black Donnellys
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about gangster, organized crime, mafia, crime family, rivalry, mobster and criminal mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Black Donnellys: Love/Hate (2010), The Sopranos (1999), Gomorrah (2014), Peaky Blinders (2013), Ray Donovan (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 51 min.
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Story:
Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, profanity, outlaw, addiction, ex convict, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, gang, gang war, rivalry, violent content, young man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
Similarity:
100%
565K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, clever, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, dark humor, family life, criminal heroes, mob boss, parents and children, criminal, dysfunctional family, family relations, introspection ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
49K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, gang, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, italian mafia, gangster, strong violent content ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe, napoli italy, new mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, gangster, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, mob boss, rivalry, shooting ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, europe ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
identity crisis, hollywood, violence, family feud, nudity, power relations, cover up, blackmail, trauma, brother sister incest, relatives, family problems ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, chicago, south america ...
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67%
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:
surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, hood, philosophical ...
Plot:
murder, mafia, corpse, gangster, revenge, tragedy, grief, death of brother, suicide, brother brother relationship, organized crime, great depression ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, usa, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, rough, serious, spectacular ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle gang, street gang, latinos, organized crime, motorcycle, drug traffic, gang war, power struggle, threat, lifestyle, outlaw, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
southern california, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime family, criminal, danger, escapades, heist, family conflict, gay brother, twists and turns, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, friendship, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, southern california, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
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43K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his own death and manages to escape. He re-creates himself as ‘Ezel’, a high-end gambler who is outwardly a ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, soap opera, captivating ...
Plot:
tragic love, warden, mafia, manipulation, ex convict, vengeance, tragic hero, hidden identity, trial, false arrest, life is a bitch, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
100%
58K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
James “Ghost” St. Patrick has it all: a beautiful wife, a gorgeous Manhattan penthouse, and the hottest, up-and-coming new nightclub in New York. His club, Truth, caters to the elite: the famous and infamous boldface names that run the city that ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
nightclub, drug dealing, nightlife, nightclub owner, drug lord, ambition, organized crime, money laundering, double life, politics, businessman, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series which broadcasts on the Nine Network. Each series is based on real-life events.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, rough, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang war, organized crime, mafia, power struggle, mob boss, violence spree, gang, gangster, family relations, disorder, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, 1910s, 80s ...
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
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Story:
Romanzo Criminale – La serie - is a television series Italian based on the eponymous novel by judge Giancarlo De Cataldo, and it is the second adaptation of the film Romanzo Criminale directed by Michele Placido. The first series quickly achieved ...
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, organized crime, female nudity, italian mafia, mafia, criminal heroes, gangster, drug dealing, law enforcement, police detective, dishonesty, violence ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
387K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Plot:
money laundering, drug cartel, danger, family relations, rivalry, murder, teenage girl, finance, drug, organized crime, mafia, teenage boy ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, missouri, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A working-class Irish family rules a city built on loyalty and corruption. The Caffee brothers, Tommy, a rising politician desperate for reelection, and Michael, a hardened criminal returning from seven years on the run and eager to reclaim his ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
profanity, organized crime, irish mob, dysfunctional family, mafia, criminal, family problems, ambition, political corruption, politics, criminal heroes, mob boss ...
Place:
usa, ireland, rhode island
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41%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
As the elder don dies, his young heir moves into the position. He quickly proves to be as ruthless as he tries to discover who has launched a plot to overthrow his rule and may be infiltrating other families. In a left over plot line, his aunt ...
Style:
saga, serious, realistic, stylized, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, mobster, organized crime, mob boss, godfather, undercover, dysfunctional family, widower, brother sister relationship, catholic, autism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
TV show
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:
32%
148
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Falcone is an American TV series on CBS which lasted only one season. The plot follows Joseph D. Pistone, who goes undercover to bring down the mob. This was based on a true story, also having been dramatized in the movie Donnie Brasco. also Based ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, detective, gloomy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
moral dilemma, hidden identity, fighting crime, organized crime, undercover agent, law enforcement, family relations, gangster, undercover, working undercover, fbi, investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, period piece, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, mob boss, businessman, prohibition, criminal heroes, organized crime, gangster, federal agent, female nudity, corruption, crime boss ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, year 2010 ...
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, cuba, atlantic city, chicago ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, atmospheric, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
hotshot, organized crime, businessman, mafia, intrigue, hotel, gangster, mob boss, cheating wife, lifestyle, power struggle, cover up ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1959, 1950s
Place:
miami, usa, miami beach
Similarity:
29%
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:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
TV show
Story:
A seven-hours-plus adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" and "The Godfather, Part II" - with new scenes added and some old ones lengthened. Originally broadcast on the NBC television network in November of ...
Style:
epic, serious, captivating, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, crime boss, gang war, mobster, parent child relationship, police corruption, lawyer, corrupt politician, melancholy, suburbs, criminal, murder ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
italy, cuba, europe, new york
Similarity:
27%
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:
26%
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:
26%
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292
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 273 min.
TV show
Story:
The widows of three men killed while trying to steal a famous painting, join forces to find their husband's killers and finish off the job of stealing the painting.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, investigation, betrayal, rivalry, vengeance, widow, heist, strong female presence, dishonesty, chases and races, criminal heroes, crime gone awry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A power vacuum develops when the top mob boss flees a federal indictment.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, murder, betrayal, violence, mafia, gang, criminal gang, bandit, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of America's most famous mobsters and their rise to power. Examine Al Capone's ascension through the eyes of his second in command, “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn.
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, businessman, gangster, organized crime, mob boss, killing, crime family, rivalry, crime boss, criminal heroes, business venture, loyalty ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
25%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
mafia, criminal underworld, crime boss, mob boss, gangster, organized crime, criminal, family relations, lifestyle, group of criminals, criminal's revenge, criminal gang ...
Place:
montreal, quebec, canada
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. ...
Style:
serious, exciting, sexy, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
biker, motorcycle gang, motorcycle, prison, organized crime, gang, group of criminals, power struggle, friends, young man, arms dealing, police corruption ...
Time:
2010s, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, northern california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
A drama about an investigation of a drug case by policeman, Do Shin Woo, who bring him meet his twin brother Do Eun Chang. It will tell the story about the tense brain play between two twin brothers whose fates changed in a day and the love and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense
Plot:
police, investigation, twins, past, gangster, pride and honor, family relations, friends, society, crime family, brothers, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
25%
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