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Luckytown (2000)
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Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Kirsten Dunst plays a young woman (Lidda), who is searching for her father (James Caan). She finds herself at odds with her boyfriend who wants nothing but a carefree lifestyle.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspense, independent film
Plot:
gambling, vengeance, criminal heroes, gangster, betrayal, parents and children, fall in love, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, on the road, estrangement, card playing, gambler, strip club, store, innocence lost, dishonesty, female nudity, billiards, stripper, ambulance, cocaine, father, bare breasts, woman ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
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Most similar movies to Luckytown
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about dishonesty, betrayal, rivalry, gangster, murder, vengeance and gambling mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Luckytown: The Last Word (1995), The Runner (1999), Shade (2003), The Poker Club (2008), Fate (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A journalist with solid mob connections falls for a stripper with a dark past.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, independent film
Plot:
mafia, crime family, book, writers, bookstore, prostitute, stripper, fall in love, love affair, couples, betrayal, journalism ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
gambling, casino, gambling addiction, card playing, poker, gambler, pregnancy, gangster, addiction, bookies, dishonesty, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need ...
Style:
surprise ending, tense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, betrayal, vengeance, brutality, cons and scams, gangster, dishonesty, organized crime, casino, caper, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, las vegas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Four friends discover and accidentally kill a burglar -- who may not be alone -- in the kitchen during their weekly poker night.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, disposing of a dead body, chase, buddies, vengeance, betrayal, rivalry, manslaughter, card playing, danger, casino ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Four friends bound by destiny and unbeatable in the dark world. When a casino attack goes wrong as a result of betrayal, fate turns them into enemies. Now, forced to aim the gun at each other's hearts, their unavoidable battle begins.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
destiny, vengeance, betrayal, heist, rivalry, casino, dishonesty, haunted by the past, gang, gangster, caper, friends ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless black market art dealer. After the amateurs botch the delivery of the objet d'art, the dealer kills Felix and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, friends, betrayal, black market, partner, disorder, dishonesty, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gambling, art theft, rock ...
Time:
90s
Place:
argentina, california, los angeles, usa, latin america
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other men involved. The night he is released, the four men he protected with silence celebrate his freedom with a congratulatory dinner. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot:
vengeance, bare breasts, female nudity, gangster, criminal heroes, cons and scams, rivalry, dishonesty, food, nudity, exploitation, crime scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, kinky sex, female assassin, vengeance, crime gone awry, couples, disorder, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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402
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tale of infidelity, deceit, greed, and murder. Nick Compton, a Palm Springs real estate developer...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, intrigue, love affair, rivalry, betrayal, mysterious character, infidelity, gambling, murder, twists and turns, stalking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the ...
Style:
clever, tense, realistic, cynical, independent film ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, gambling addiction, gambling debt, gambler, writers, gangster, human nature, moral dilemma, character study, police investigation, family relations ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, usa, nevada ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, witnessing a crime, gangster, introspection, working undercover, rivalry, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, danger, assassin ...
Place:
usa, cuba, florida, new york, miami
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jay Hernandez (Friday Night Lights), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Luis Guzmán (Carlito's Way) and Sean Combs (Monster's Ball) star in the gripping tale of the early years of gangster legend Carlito Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
puerto rican, gangster, mafia, gang, drug dealing, police corruption, vengeance, master criminal, betrayal, best friend, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
south america, new york, usa, new york state
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Fatal desire tells the story of the first Internet-related murder in the United States. Sharee Miller is a 27-year-old fiancee, when interviewing with Jerry Cassaday in an Internet chat room. Soon they are in the real life begin a passionate affair. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
child, gangster, pregnancy, computers and web, love and romance, parents and children, domestic disturbance, teenage life, dishonesty, serial killer, danger, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rhode island, nova scotia, pittsburgh
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Plot:
making love, murder, betrayal, investigation, dishonesty, couples, family relations, dealing with death, parents and children, college, shakespeare, sex scene ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jack just lost his P.I. license and his life is on a downward spiral. He decides to steal a cash briefcase from the local gangsters. He hides in a strip joint owned by a local mob legend Jimmie D and pays a stripper to help him escape. The gangsters ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, stripper, law enforcement, criminal heroes, murder, henchman, deception, strip club, mobster, organized crime, heist, private investigator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california
Similarity:
24%
3K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, exciting, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bodyguard, gambling, prostitute, christmas, male bonding, rape, gambler, casino, fistfight, hotel room, tough guy, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, venice, italy
Similarity:
23%
171
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Times are tough for talented, twenty-one year old filmmaker, Donny Rocconi. He grew up in New York City, a place where either you learn fast, or lose everything. Estranged from his mother, and never knowing his dead father, Donny sets out to collect ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, realistic
Plot:
cafe, vengeance, betrayal, gangster, dishonesty, city life, murder, ghost, criminal heroes, urban ghetto life, filmmaking, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the Game is a crime fiction murder mystery with a theme of "after the game of poker" and "after the game of life." It deals with revenge, deceit, lust and greed, and explores karma and the afterlife. Aging gambler Benny ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, card playing, poker, investigation, mysterious death, whodunit, secrets, betrayal, father son relationship, small town, deception ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his boss and a crooked cop.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, captivating, neo noir
Plot:
billiards, gambling, oral sex, police corruption, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, game, gambler, street kid, kids in trouble ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
homecoming, murder, family relations, vengeance, workplace, dishonesty, betrayal, parents and children, family business, mother daughter relationship, strong female lead, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young, beautiful wife cheating on her rich, older husband amidst the neon lights of Las Vegas. Four men hired to do a job, but there is a traitor in their midst. Adultery, betrayal, kidnapping and murder lead to the ultimate double cross and no ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, gangster, tough heroes, law enforcement, betrayal, danger, confined, dishonesty, woman in danger, gambling, disorder, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A jewel thief moves towards a reunion of revenge with his lover, who pushed him out of their speeding getaway car.
Style:
neo noir, cynical, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, robbery, interracial, hitchhiker, chase, on the run, love and romance, rivalry, criminal's revenge, chases and races, betrayal, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist, family relations, strong violent content, betrayal, crime gone awry, parents and children, disorder, violence, mafia, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
Style:
tense, suspense, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gambling, poker, cons and scams, manipulation, temptation, corruption, casino, chase, conspiracy, money, twists and turns, dirty cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
costa rica, usa, latin america, puerto rico
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Moyher's good boy Benny Silman from Brooklyn becomes an economics student at Arizona State University for the sun and sexy girls- and the proximity of gambling paradise Las Vegas. Benny aces his studies, being a mathematical genius, but the one ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
gambling, bookies, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, couples, culture clash, college life, follow your dream, youth, fall in love, buddies ...
Place:
usa, nevada, arizona, las vegas, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangster, criminal heroes, law enforcement, dishonesty, betrayal, organized crime, criminal, mugging, righting the wronged, escape, heist, armored truck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, marseille
Similarity:
20%
983
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blackmail, murder, uncover truth, investigation, tough law enforcer, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption, gang, fall in love, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, a friendship rivalry between three high school girls escalates into a shocking act of violence, and soon one of them is dead. Now the dead girl's mom is determined to find her missing child... and get justice for her ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
manipulation, rivalry, high school, friendship, social relations, jealousy, uninhibited rivalry, bullying, police investigation, youth, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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