Movies like I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
9K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Will Graham, a former London crime boss who has left his former life to live as a recluse in the forest. Haunted by the blood of those he has murdered, Will wishes never to return. But when his brother commits suicide, following a sexual assault at the hands of a volatile car dealer, Will returns to London to discover the cause of his brother's death and administer justice to those responsible.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, rough, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic, gloomy, noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, revenge, anal rape, male nudity, vengeance, murder, male rape, rape victim, gay rape, suicide, dark hero, sexual assault, justice, moral ambiguity, character study, tough heroes, life is a bitch, gangster, rape, investigation, brothers, death, drinking, lighthouse, restaurant ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
london, england, europe
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Most similar movies to I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and neo noir films with plots about murder, violence, betrayal, death, runaway, storytelling and twists and turns mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Limey (1999), The Long Good Friday (1980), Out of the Furnace (2013), A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), Gangster No. 1 (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
38K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece ...
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, suspense, non-linear, stylized ...
Plot:
revenge, gangster, investigation, vengeance, father daughter relationship, death of daughter, mansion, ex convict, hitman, murder, shootout, showdown ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 60s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, england, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future ...
Style:
neo noir, cynical, harsh, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangster, ira, organized crime, mafia, crime boss, terrorist, car bomb, danger, revenge, rivalry, criminal's revenge, murder ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place:
england, ireland, london, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
Style:
neo noir, harsh, realistic, rough, gothic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, drug dealer, small town, justice, vigilante, disappearance, deadend life, vigilantism, financial problem, violent, brothers ...
Time:
year 2013, 80s, 20th century, year 2008, 2010s ...
Place:
new jersey, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, indiana, appalachia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
private detective, murder, serial killer, kidnapping, revenge, drug dealer, murder of wife, sniper, flashback, hostage, mafia, violent ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1999 ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk, who joined Freddie Mays' gang, a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.
Style:
intense, tense, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gangster, violence, organized crime, gang, torture, revenge, psychopath, mafia, betrayal, violent, brutality ...
Time:
year 2000, future, 60s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, tense, rough, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, heroin, sex, police investigation, drug addiction, murder, serial killer, drug, junkie, true crime, drug addict, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, year 1981, y2k, year 2003, 80s ...
Place:
los angeles, pasadena california, usa, sacramento california, california
Similarity:
49%
207K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Style:
neo noir, intense, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, violence, sex, drug dealing, twists and turns, gangster, chase, murder, drug, british gangster, drug lord, caper ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, amsterdam, netherlands ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, absurd, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hitman, perfect crime, murder, serial killer, greed, vengeance, redemption, cons and scams, criminal heroes, gangster, danger, intrigue ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
italy, berlin germany, europe, france, milan italy
Similarity:
47%
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79K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
twists and turns, infidelity, blackmail, dangerous attraction, couples, disorder, police investigation, danger, adultery, rape, violence, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, murder, vengeance, police investigation, criminal's revenge, investigation, best friend, police corruption, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, dishonesty, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, ireland, massachusetts, connecticut, usa ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, suspenseful, rough, grim ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
death of wife, drug abuse, drug addiction, drug lord, drug, murder, revenge, drug addict, corrupt cop, double life, working undercover, undercover ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Style:
neo noir, detective, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, crime boss, missing person, murder, voice over narration, motel, interrogation, alcoholic, baseball, ex convict, investigation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1975
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
46%
518K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gang, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, ambition, vengeance, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
46%
80K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, mind bending, cerebral, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, revenge, medieval, determination, uncover truth, asian, mentally challenged, mother, mental disorder, police brutality, overprotective mother ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, tokyo
Similarity:
46%
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:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ...
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, female criminal, passion, love, murder, dangerous attraction, male nudity, hospital, british, betrayal, drinking, gangster ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 70s
Place:
london, paris france, united kingdom, england, europe ...
Similarity:
45%
45K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly ...
Style:
bleak, cynical, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug addiction, dark humor, police investigation, working undercover, police brutality, drug, addiction, drug addict, brutality, violence, foul language ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Wolves in the Snow begins with the news that Antoine has been cuckolding Lucie for years. A violent marital argument ensues resulting in Antoine's death. After lying about Antoine's whereabouts, Lucie discovers his secret life of ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
gangster, murder, criminal's revenge, couples, love affair, dishonesty, rivalry, couple relations, vengeance, rescue, danger, secret life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it's his job to teach Billy about crime, drugs and women. Little does he know ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, murder, female pubic hair, police, ambition, criminal's revenge, gang, criminal heroes, rise and fall, rivalry, vengeance, british gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, violence, pedophile, gangster, pimp, teenage runaway, chase, murder, lifestyle, life is a bitch, going straight, false accusation ...
Place:
london, united kingdom, england, europe, britain ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The idyllic life of retired safecracker Gal is put at risk when a psychotic gangster from his past arrives at his villa in southern Spain, intent on bringing him out of retirement for one last job.
Style:
cult classic, dark comedy, black comedy, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, gangster, robbery, retired, abuse, mafia, safecracker, one last job, organized crime, british gangster, violent, bank robbery ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, 20th century, 90s
Place:
spain, england, mediterranean sea, europe, london ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A con man travels to Cambodia (also on the run from law enforcement in the U.S.) to collect his share in an insurance scam, but discovers more than he bargained for
Style:
intense, stylized, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, character study, dark hero, greed, chases and races, cons and scams, law enforcement, dishonesty, police investigation, friendship, unlikely friendships, fbi investigation ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
cambodia, usa, new york, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
44%
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311K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, France, USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, neo western, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, snow, fbi, rape, native american reservation, murder investigation, winter, violence, fbi agent, forest, native american ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, usa
Similarity:
50%
25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, croupier, writers, terrorist, cons and scams, caper, addiction, greed, relationships, career change, bet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
england, london, ireland, europe, south africa ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, perverse, hood, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, betrayal, revenge, gangster, gang, robbery, murder, kidnapping, existentialism, money, chase, violence ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, florida, palm springs california
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
Similarity:
44%
46K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
Style:
teen, sexy, controversial, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, bullying, teenager, father daughter relationship, child abuse, teenage life, youth, rape, innocence lost, child sexual abuse, rape and revenge, pedophile ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, cleveland ohio, chicago ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, justice, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, guilt, law enforcement, prostitute, brutality, dishonesty, rivalry, secret ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, political corruption, police, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, gangster, dishonesty, partners against crime, mafia, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1996, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mulholland drive
Similarity:
44%
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