Movies like Pusher
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Pusher (1996)
42K
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:
tense, atmospheric, brutal, talky, intense, rough, captivating, suspenseful, serious, cynical ...
Plot:
heroin, gangsters, drug dealing, drugs, organized crime, crime gone awry, mafia, drug addiction, character study, hitman, tragedy, drug dealer, solitude, visceral, robbery, violence, nothing goes right, disorder, race against time, criminal heroes, plan gone awry, violent, stripper, cocaine, gang ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, california, copenhagen, europe, copenhagen denmark
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Most similar movies to Pusher
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, stylized and rough films with plots about gangsters, violence, gang, violent, murder, greed and storytelling mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Pusher: Killing Them Softly (2012), Mean Streets (1973), The Drop (2014), Carlito's Way (1993), The Counselor (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, suspenseful, brutal, tense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, robbery, gambling, mafia, organized crime, hitman, heist, murder, brutality, crime gone awry, gang, violence ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida
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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, surprise ending, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, debt, drug dealing, drugs, going straight, criminal heroes, parent child relationship, friends, parents and children, life is a bitch, partners ...
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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100%
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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, realistic, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, friendship, character study, gang, money, urban ghetto life, life philosophy, friends, street gang, exotic dancer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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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:
serious, stylized, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
gangsters, drug dealing, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, on the run, disorder, chase, nothing goes right, strip club, debt, drug dealer, money problems ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, 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:
tense, serious, captivating, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, gangsters, robbery, organized crime, crime boss, criminal heroes, fall in love, catholic, mafia, character study, church, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, boston, brooklyn new york city, usa, massachusetts
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100%
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Films like No Country for Old Men
222K
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:
neo noir, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, nightclub, suspense, tragic hero, drug dealing, drugs, gang, gunfight, prison, violence ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city
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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:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, cynical ...
Plot:
gangsters, drugs, organized crime, heroin, heroin addict, dark humor, master criminal, parents and children, family relations, aging, drug lord, drug smuggling ...
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
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100%
103K
Genre: Crime, Drama, 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:
talky, bleak, neo noir, intense, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
drug cartel, cocaine, lawyer, greed, crime gone awry, gangsters, suspense, betrayal, brutality, gratuitous violence, life philosophy, drug traffic ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, texas, usa, amsterdam, tijuana mexico ...
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, intense, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, organized crime, drug lord, mafia, mob boss, murder, violence, chase, cocaine, drugs, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
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27%
Genre: Crime, 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:
rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, murder, gangsters, drug dealer, police, gang, ambition, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, rivalry, vengeance, rise and fall ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Zed (Eric Stoltz) is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric (Jean-Hugues Anglade). Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his ...
Style:
sexy, absurd, scary, controversial, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, safecracker, drugs, robbery, heist, heroin, murder, gangsters, kidnapping, drug abuse, friendship, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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24%
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, dark, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, murder, vengeance, gang, police investigation, investigation, police corruption, witnessing a crime, criminal heroes, drug dealing, best friends ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, ireland, connecticut, massachusetts, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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:
neo noir, disturbing, bleak, sexy, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, gambling, drugs, rape, police corruption, corruption, addiction, drug addiction, gangsters, redemption, violent, character study ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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50%
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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:
realistic, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
chess, african american, coming of age, drugs, drug dealing, gangsters, drug lord, gang, drug addiction, father son relationship, ghetto, hip hop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, africa, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, interrogation, suspense, violence, investigation, complex characters, justice, character study, vengeance, drug dealer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, melbourne australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Movies similar to Snatch
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A mafia film in Tarantino style with a star-studded cast. Jimmy’s “The Saint” gangster career has finally ended. Yet now he finds him self doing favors for a wise godfather known as “The Man with the Plan.”
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gangsters, crime gone awry, mafia, one last job, organized crime, buddies, fall in love, hitman, redemption, gunfight, disorder, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, colorado, denver colorado, new jersey
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22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and ...
Style:
neo noir, stylized, talky, brutal, non-linear ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, robbery, gang, dark hero, undercover cop, suspense, psychopath, organized crime, violent, torture, gangsters ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet.
Style:
stylized, bleak, gloomy, visually appealing, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, drugs, gang, exploitation, nude, fight, african american, corruption, redemption, death, sexualized violence ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, California, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang. This is the first English film by Takeshi Kitano.
Style:
harsh, intense, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, mafia, gang, culture clash, gangsters, samurai, organized crime, suicide, sibling relationship, family relations, interracial relations, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, japan, tokyo, usa, california
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21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain
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:
psychological, talky, atmospheric, neo noir, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gangsters, criminal, robbery, retired, mafia, safecracker, organized crime, one last job, psychopath, character study, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
spain, england, london, california, mediterranean sea ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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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, art house, atmospheric, cerebral, cynical ...
Plot:
gangsters, gambling, murder, nightclub, mafia, gambling debt, female nudity, hitman, strip club, crime gone awry, paranoid, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, tense, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
overdose, murder, suspense, life is a bitch, visceral, depression, reward, contests and competitions, social decay, fish out of water, survival, sacrifice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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:
tense, suspenseful, neo noir, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, suspense, police investigation, heist, gunfight, gangsters, corruption, justice, law enforcement, criminal heroes, criminal, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In a twenty-year career marked by obsessive secrecy, brutality and meticulous planning, Cahill netted over £40 million. He was untouchable - until a bullet from an IRA hitman ended it all.
Style:
tense, serious, clever, intense, thought provoking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, robbery, art theft, adaptation, irish, master criminal, brutality, law enforcement, mastermind, cons and scams, mafia, organized crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 50s, 70s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.
Style:
rough, touching, captivating, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, child abuse, alcoholic, coming of age, friendship, small town, ex convict, teenage boy, hopes, teenager, loneliness, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, california, new jersey, usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, suspense, psychopath, desert, human nature, serial killer, greed, peril, brutality, sheriff, death, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, usa ...
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20%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, tense, brutal, realistic ...
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, murder, private detective, vigilantism, home invasion, death, small town, intruder, gangsters, father son relationship, unlikely partners ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
texas, usa
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20%
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:
gangsters, rise and fall, organized crime, psychopath, mafia, betrayal, prison, violence, gang war, gang, leadership, extortion ...
Time:
future, 60s, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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19%
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:
disturbing, suspenseful, dark, tense, rough ...
Plot:
murder, heroin, addiction, junkie, police investigation, drugs, serial killer, violence, drug addiction, true crime, drug addict, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, pasadena california, sacramento california
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19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
Style:
bloody, neo noir, bleak, brutal, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police corruption, violence, hitman, drug dealer, yakuza, gangsters, police officer, mafia, vigilante, corrupt cop, criminal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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