Movies like Tycoon 2002
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Tycoon (2002)
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Original name: Олигарх
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, France, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the top. But with this cynical rise, comes a brutal fall.
Style:
serious, cynical, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, suspense, biting, clever
Plot:
rise to the top, society, politics, betrayal, rise and fall, life is a bitch, campaign, state affairs, political corruption, student life, assassination, gangster, fighting the system, dishonesty, friendship, corruption, politician, greed, corrupt politician, murder, russian mafia, wealth, mafia, business, money ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
russia, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about dishonesty, society, politics, deadly, political corruption, murder and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Tycoon: The PyraMMMid (2011), The Rider Named Death (2004), The Quickie (2001), AFR (2007), What the Eye Doesn't See (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Russia, early 90s. A fictional story inspired by financier Sergey Mavrodi, his securities company "MMM", and the pyramid scheme he ran that left upwards of fifteen million investors with nothing when it crashed.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, corporate crime, downfall, rise and fall, cons and scams, political corruption, society, rivalry, dishonesty, money, big business ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, serious, contemplative, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, terrorist, assassination, assassination attempt, terrorism, state affairs, terrorist group, political unrest, political corruption, revolution, tragic hero, rebellion ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
Plot:
female nudity, russian mafia, gangster, tough heroes, starting over, couples, dishonesty, road not taken, family life, hitman, russian roulette, nudity ...
Place:
california, usa, malibu california
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rise of Jackie Presser to President of the Teamster Union.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, sincere
Plot:
biopic, business, labor union, gangster, violent content, workplace situations, political corruption, political intrigue, unfulfillment, state affairs, fighting the system, society ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Danmarks statsminister Anders Fogh Rasmussen er blevet myrdet. Den hovedmistænkte er statsministerens homoseksuelle elsker Emil. I tiden efter mordet møder vi en lang række af verdens politikere og magtfulde mennesker, fra Kofi Annan til Pia ...
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cynical, serious, clever, thought provoking, mockumentary ...
Plot:
campaign, state affairs, dishonesty, assassination, society, politics, satire, found footage, minister, media, head of state, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Through out six different and yet parallel stories that take place during the corrupted goverment during the 90s in Peru, Lombardi tells the moral decomposition that ran through all classes and generations of the peruvian society.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot:
politics, state affairs, dishonesty, society, murder, political corruption, political unrest, government, dictatorship, dictator, manipulation, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
peru, latin america
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, cynical, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, campaign, cover up, manipulation, fighting the system, state affairs, society, journalism, legal, dishonesty, ambition ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, seattle, new york, washington d.c.
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34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tom Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical café/bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard hitting 911 conspiracy expose, finds himself entangled with a mysterious Eastern European beauty, Kasia, who is on the run from strong hand ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black and white ...
Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, fighting the system, race against time, undercover, assassination, rebellion, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty, government agency, society ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A movie about two sisters - thirteen year old Sveta, poor and abandoned by her father, who longs to go off and be a sniper in the army, and spoilt eight-year old Dina, doted on by her gangster father...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching
Plot:
ambush, gangster, russian mafia, family relations, sister, love, danger, protector, problem child, life is a bitch, society, father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of an assassin who killed a mayor in the 1970's in what was known as the "Twinkie Defense".
Style:
controversial, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, murder, lgbt, insanity, miscarriage of justice, injustice, power relations, dishonesty, legal, rise to the top, society, assassination ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. ...
Style:
political, realistic, clever, serious, talky ...
Plot:
campaign, politics, ambition, rise to the top, state affairs, political corruption, friendship, dishonesty, betrayal, society, british history, british politics ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
Style:
poliziottesco, neo noir, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mafia, police, italian police, amateur detective, italian gangster, crime family, italian mafia, investigation, love triangle, violent content, gangster, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
italy, sicily, europe, palermo italy
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When the head of a mafia clan is perceived to be weakening, his family suffers a series of attacks. It is up to his son, Frankie, to figure out who’s behind the plot before they are all wiped out.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
Plot:
gang, working undercover, family business, betrayal, criminal heroes, witnessing a crime, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, gangster, master criminal, rivalry, hitman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Basque Country, Spain, 1980s. In Bilbao, a gray city dominated by political corruption and nationalist terrorism, Charli works as a chauffeur for Oliveira, a businessman engaged in shady deals. Alarmed by a series of threats and attacks, Oliveira ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, thrilling
Plot:
terrorism, impossible love, love affair, danger, betrayal, dishonesty, love and romance, politics, political corruption, boss and employee, fall in love, power relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
basque country, spain
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Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
sicily, italy, new york, palermo italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tense, serious, bleak, harsh ...
Audience:
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Plot:
life is a bitch, violence, danger, life philosophy, dishonesty, criminal heroes, corruption, police corruption, society, tough heroes, injustice, brutality ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 262 min.
TV show
Story:
Thief in law Yuri Mikheev, nicknamed Baron, together with his partner, robs the apartment of Mikhail Monakhov, a banker and deputy assistant close to the gangster structures, filled with antiques. Together with the jewels, they bring out ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
corruption, injustice, society, russian mafia, friendship, gang leader, danger, post soviet, gangster, organized crime, underworld, art theft ...
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia
Similarity:
29%
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Story of a man named Sayan, that had to live through harsh 1990s and make tough decisions.
Style:
suspense, intense, disturbing, suspenseful, brutal ...
Plot:
racketeer, bandit, crime boss, life is a bitch, organized crime, mafia, corruption, criminal's revenge, blackmail, dishonesty, power, extortion ...
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29%
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, life is a bitch, law enforcement, media, minister, female nudity, politics, dishonesty, violence, society, writers ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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 ...
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70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Aspiring stockbroker Il-hyun dreams of making big money, but being a rookie without the right connections makes it difficult for him to survive in the cut-throat world of stock exchange market. So when he is approached by the ‘ticket man’, an ...
Style:
suspense, cynical, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
money, stock broker, stock market, money laundering, scam, finance, hotshot hero, business, legal, blind ambition, training, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, organized crime, law, historical figure, italian history, law enforcement, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, serious, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, media, rebellion, state affairs, legal, law enforcement, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system ...
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
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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:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style:
bleak, serious, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
legal, frame up, false accusation, investigation, lovers reunited, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, rebellion, power relations, state affairs, murder ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Born in a poor family, Tae-su learns that the power is the most important thing in life and decides to become a prosecutor, the biggest symbol of power in the 90’s. After entering the most prestigious law school, experiencing democratic resistance ...
Style:
political thriller, intense, dramatic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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