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Pusher (1996)
51K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Style:
brutal, cult classic, atmospheric, talky, intense, rough, captivating, suspenseful, neo noir, serious ...
Plot:
heroin, drug dealing, gangster, drug, organized crime, crime gone awry, mafia, violent, debt, desperation, drug deal, drug addiction, character study, hitman, tragedy, drug dealer, solitude, visceral, robbery, violence, nothing goes right, disorder, race against time, criminal heroes, plan gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996, 70s
Place:
denmark, bolivia, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, california, copenhagen denmark
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Most similar movies to Pusher
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about gangster, gang, organized crime, murder, violence, criminal and drug mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Pusher: Essex Boys (2000), Killing Them Softly (2012), The Drop (2014), Layer Cake (2004), Mean Streets (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
29K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tony (Mads Mikkelsen) is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, gangster, debt, male nudity, nudity, male pubic hair, drug dealing, going straight, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, parent child relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In this third installment of the 'Pusher' trilogy, we follow Milo ('Zlatko Buric'), the drug lord from the two first films. He is aging, he is planning his daughter's 25th birthday and his shipment of heroin turns out to be ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, neo noir, dark comedy ...
Plot:
organized crime, heroin, dark humor, drug, heroin addict, drug abuse, drug addict, family relations, drug dealing, gangster, master criminal, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In London, a drug dealer grows increasingly desperate over the course of a week after a botched deal lands him in the merciless clutches of a ruthless crime lord. The more desperate his behavior, the more isolated he becomes until there is nothing ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, rough, serious, hood ...
Plot:
strip club, drug dealing, gangster, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, on the run, chase, danger, nothing goes right, disorder, violence, debt ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, east end london
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, brutal, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, violence, mafia, organized crime, gangster, hitman, poker, brutality, crime gone awry, assassin, murder, sex ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
169K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Style:
serious, cerebral, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
robbery, twists and turns, fall in love, criminal's revenge, catholic, danger, criminal heroes, criminal, organized crime, crime boss, hitman, church ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
boston, new york, brooklyn new york city, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
127K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, neo noir, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, friendship, gangster, epilepsy, urban ghetto life, money, strip club, street gang, stripper, character study, life philosophy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, north america, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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246K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, tense, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, nightclub, tragic hero, drug dealing, voyeurism, violence, drug, gunfight, drug lord, prison ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1993
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, south america, harlem ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
109K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Style:
sexy, philosophical, neo noir, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
cocaine, drug cartel, lawyer, greed, drug traffic, brutality, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, violent, betrayal, gratuitous violence, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, peru, texas, usa, london ...
Similarity:
100%
2.4M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, witty, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
dark humor, gunfight, violence, hitman, gangster, organized crime, overdose, storytelling, violent, professional killer, multiple storylines, foul language ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, america, britain ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the mid to late 90's, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, drug dealing, gay rape, orgy, gang, anal rape, psychopath, police corruption, drug dealer, corrupt law enforcer, suicide, nightclub ...
Time:
90s, year 2012, 20th century
Place:
iceland, scandinavia, europe, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
50%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Leo and Louise are a young couple living together in Copenhagen. Leo often goes out with his friends while Louise usually stays home. But when Louise tells Leo she's pregnant, a spark is ignited and Leo begins to become cold and distant. His ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couple relations, family problems, estrangement, hate crime, friendship between men, friendship, violence, abusive relationship, wife beater, miscarriage, video store ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
33%
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum,but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a ...
Style:
hood, realistic, bleak, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chess, childhood trauma, coming of age, drug dealing, drug lord, african american, ghetto, father son relationship, drug, hip hop, urban ghetto, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, africa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life - some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of trading software he's developed, and while behind bars he's ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, criminal, disorder, on the run, gangster, criminal's revenge, master criminal, crime gone awry, violence, nordic, mafia, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Assassin John Brown, a heroin-addicted, recent war veteran, is hired to take out a local nightclub owner. When Brown slips, he finds himself on the run from both police and the shadowy corporation that hired him.
Style:
neo noir, crime thriller, dark, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
assassin, hitman, addiction, heroin, moral ambiguity, urban, city, war veteran, anti hero, on the run, underworld, nightclub ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
JW now lives in exile and is more than ever determined to find out what happened to his missing sister Camilla. Every trace leads him to the world of organized crime in Stockholm. Jorge is about to do his last score - the largest robbery in Swedish ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, mafia, revenge, murder, gang, working undercover, danger, missing person, criminal heroes, nordic, organized crime, bandit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, independent film, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, redemption, corruption, rape, drug addiction, baseball, masturbation, violence, police lieutenant, nun, drug dealer, corrupt cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
345
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Grind is a modern urban drama, set in world of sex, drug dealers, dance nightclubs and loan sharks. Vince is the nightclub manager of The Grind in Hackney, East London and having fought his way to a decent living and respectable lifestyle he is ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot:
gambling, gangster, nightclub, rivalry, loan, going straight, robbery, brutality, shopping mall, drug addiction, addiction, chase ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, noir, rough ...
Plot:
organized crime, judge, drug dealing, tough law enforcer, gang, violence, corruption, husband wife relationship, justice, drug crime, spy, gangster ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 2014, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Place:
marseille, france, new york, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, betrayal, mafia, corruption, gangster, shootout, irish mob, loyalty, love triangle, blackmail, mobster, prohibition era ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1990, 1920s
Place:
usa, new orleans, new york
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
friendship, infidelity, heist, family problems, downfall, buddies, haunted by the past, legal, criminal heroes, danger, snow, drug addiction ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A three-tiered story centered around drugs and organized crime, and focused on a young man who becomes a runner for a coke dealer.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, cocaine, nordic, sexual content, taxi driver, drug dealing, criminal heroes, one last job, betrayal, dishonesty, danger, lifesaver ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, art house, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
nightclub, gambling, murder, female nudity, mafia, strip club, gambling debt, great ending, hitman, gangster, mobster, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, texas
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Running Time was filmed in black and white, in real time, and seemingly takes place in one continuous, fluid shot. It's a little like Hitchcock's "Rope," but it's on location! Carl, an ex-con who sets out to rob the prison ...
Style:
black and white, neo noir, cult classic, hood, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gang, safecracker, cop, ghetto, gangster, politics, partner, buddies, criminal heroes, master criminal, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, serial killer, peril, desert, human nature, brutality, death, sheriff, cruelty, bounty hunter ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the '80s, a young man named Frankie dreams of escaping London's South East region, and his mother's thug of a boyfriend gives him just the opportunity. After beating up the abusive beau, Frankie runs off to Spain, where he ...
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, rough, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gang, drug dealing, drug dealer, organized crime, femme fatale, on the run, gangster, drug abuse, murder, british gangster, ambition ...
Time:
80s, year 2005, 20th century
Place:
colombia, britain, england, spain, london
Similarity:
32%
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:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, ambiguous ending, noir, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
organized crime, revenge, vengeance, betrayal, gangster, flashback, left for dead, anti hero, hitman, murder, robbery, money ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1967, 60s
Place:
usa, san francisco, california, los angeles
Similarity:
32%
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