Movies like Haven 2004
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Haven (2004)
7K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
During a weekend, two shady businessmen flee to the Cayman Islands to avoid federal prosecution. But their escape ignites a chain reaction that leads a British native to commit a crime that changes the nation.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, emotional
Plot:
prison, interracial relations, family relations, drug dealing, parents and children, investigation, jail, cash, forbidden love, marijuana, secret relationship, white male black female relationship, business, robbery, shakespeare, black, interracial, daughter, tax evasion, master criminal, profanity, sexual content, violent content, love, sex ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
florida, miami, usa, caribbean, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about murder, gang, gangster, drug, violence, friendship and betrayal mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Haven: The Preppie Connection (2015), Crack House (1989), Sweet Sixteen (2002), River's Edge (1986), Boyz n the Hood (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
Audience:
teens
Plot:
student, drug dealing, marijuana, love, prison, jealousy, teenager, high school, drug dealer, cocaine, murder, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an end when Rick feels he must rejoin his old gang to avenge ...
Style:
hispanic, crime drama, grindhouse, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, blaxploitation, cannon, drug, drug addiction, gang rape, gang violence, drug dealer, black, poverty, rape victim, nudity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Style:
sentimental, sexy, disturbing, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, innocence lost, heroin, juvenile delinquency, prison, downfall, teenager, dysfunctional family, drug dealing, family problems, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 2002, 80s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe, united kingdom
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80%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style:
independent film, creepy, retro, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, murder, strong sexual content, teenager, drug abuse, violence, death, marijuana, drug, serial killer, small town ...
Time:
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Place:
oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
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78%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style:
cult classic, brutal, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
hip hop, gang, ghetto, african american, poverty, coming of age, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, gangster, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
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78%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of how the FBI brought down one of Detroit's most notorious mobsters.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fighting crime, investigation, criminal, law enforcement, gangster, undercover, profanity, fbi, mobster, violent content, special agent, working undercover ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top Victor soon finds out that he has ...
Style:
intense, stylized, suspense, melancholic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
organized crime, twists and turns, gangster, greed, lone hero, ghetto, drug dealing, wall street, criminal heroes, going straight, cons and scams, mafia ...
Time:
year 2002, 80s
Place:
usa, new york, south america, miami, bronx new york city ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, parole officer, robbery, bank robbery, murder, friendship, going straight, dishonesty, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, female nudity, bank ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, harsh, rough, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, friendship, urban ghetto life, foul language, street kid, swimming pool, gangster, loss of friend, depression, anger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2006, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, california, america, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Style:
tense, bleak, harsh, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, street gang, favela, slum, coming of age, betrayal, brutality, relationships, drug lord, society, gang war, best friend ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2007, future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, south america, latin america
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
Style:
tense, realistic, bleak, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, prison, violence, gang, murder, transvestite, prison gang, marijuana, survival, prison rape, drug, mentor protege relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania, paris france, puerto rico ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored truck driver wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man who committed the crime.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, crime drama, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rehabilitation, chases and races, vengeance, memory loss, investigation, black, revenge, die hard, obsessive quest, rivalry, obsession, armored car ...
Place:
south america, los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A former narcotics trafficker now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son, in this darkly elegant gangster drama.
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot:
drug dealing, italian mafia, mafia, crime boss, gangster, family relations, betrayal, family business, haunted by the past, homecoming, parents and children, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, milan italy
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, rough ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, street gang, coming of age, youth gang, gang, bullying, friendship, parents and children, urban ghetto life, high school life, urban ghetto, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Once in the life (of drug dealing and organized crime), can anyone get out? During a brief jail stay, two half-brothers, who have rarely seen each other while growing up, connect. One of them, called 20/20 Mike because he can sense people nearby, ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
prison, best friend, friendship, crime gone awry, gang, law enforcement, gangster, siblings relations, addiction, dishonesty, life is a bitch, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime thriller, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
starting over, going straight, family relations, parents and children, hopes, ex convict, released from prison, criminal underworld, false accusation, father daughter relationship, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Style:
erotic drama, erotic, stylized, art house, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug addict, male nudity, friendship, male prostitution, male prostitute, hedonism, addiction, drug, drug abuse, homosexuality, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, palm springs california ...
Similarity:
64%
107K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of ...
Style:
tense, harsh, rough, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, mafia, prison life, gangster, cruelty, male nudity, organized crime, male objectification, convict, prison gang, prison escape, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 90s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, marseille, europe, paris france, california
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the paroled man attempts to find ...
Style:
touching, emotional, melancholic, philosophical, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, prison, friendship, ex convict, robbery, justice, gang, going straight, haunted by the past, human nature, rehabilitation, parole ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Style:
suspense, harsh, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, police, gangster, nightclub, gang, cop, brothers, hitman, lone hero, multiple storylines, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, year 1988, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters. Kath runs a brothel down by the docks, Tracy owns a soccer team and Jo, a ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, betrayal, drug dealing, family relations, murder, parents and children, prostitute, shakespeare, tragic love, gangster ...
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Experienced New York Police Detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of gangster killings organized by a new player in town, an American.With the help of a young teen wronged by gangsters, Harris ...
Style:
hood, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, gangster, police officer, interracial, ghetto, rave, police, drug dealing, nightclub, police corruption, society, politics ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, europe, new york, england, usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling has to do is prove it.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, christmas horror ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, gory, winter, christmas, prostitute, deception, snow, sex, small town ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
War erupts between dirty cops and outlaw bikers as a drug kingpin (Ed Harris) tries to protect his empire.
Style:
clever, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
shakespeare, law enforcement, family relations, gang, uninhibited rivalry, infidelity, master criminal, police corruption, betrayal, parents and children, rivalry, biker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
59%
1.0M
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:
exciting, serious, cult classic, breathtaking, rough ...
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:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, realistic, dark comedy, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
snow, bag of money, crime gone awry, small town, greed, twists and turns, betrayal, fbi, character study, moral ambiguity, redemption, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place:
minnesota, wisconsin, north america, usa
Similarity:
59%
14K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tommy Brown and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign ...
Style:
hood, independent film, stylized, crime drama, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangster, hip hop, african american, urban, urban ghetto life, ghetto, drug dealer, black, drug, violence, gangsta, gang ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
jamaica, new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
small town, police investigation, heist, gangster, gunfight, justice, corruption, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal, femme fatale, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, louisiana ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a cop's crooked past comes back to get him, can he do the right thing, or will he succumb to the threats of his dangerous connections?
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, police detective, police corruption, cop, manipulation, cover up, vigilantism, law enforcement, vengeance, haunted by the past, dishonesty, revelation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
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 ...
Similarity:
56%
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