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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense, bloody, grindhouse, hood, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, hooligan, drug abuse, murder, criminal, betrayal, police investigation, partners in crime, drug lord, rivalry, vicious, criminal heroes, dishonor among criminals, soccer, organized crime, violent, rave, gangster, underworld, police, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gangsta, football hooligan, british gangster, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: england, britain, united kingdom, london, europe
Keyword: gangsters, metro, sport

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about gangster, gang, organized crime, criminal heroes, violence, gangsta and criminal mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Rise of the Footsoldier: Essex Boys (2000), Kill the Irishman (2011), Bronson (2008), Bonded by Blood (2010), The Krays (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Essex Boys (2000)
Genre: Action, 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: suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, murder, police, criminal's revenge, ambition, gang, criminal heroes, vengeance, rise and fall, rivalry, female pubic hair, british gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, europe
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100%
Kill the Irishman (2011)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough ...
Style: tense, brutal, talky, intense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gangster, mob boss, gang war, irish mob, hitman, gang, corruption, organized crime, assassin, murder, caper ...
Time: 70s, year 2011, 60s, 20th century, year 1977 ...
Place: usa, ireland, ohio, new york, brooklyn new york city ...
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100%
Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 119 min.
Story: This South African movie tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld. After cutting his teeth on hijacking, before moving onto bigger game, an ambitious man hits a setback when most of his gang are shot.
Style: serious, rough, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: urban ghetto life, organized crime, gang war, gangster, gang of thieves, thief, ambition, buddies, life is a bitch, gang, criminal heroes, black ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: south africa, africa, johannesburg south africa
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100%
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Bronson (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
Style: surreal, stylized, harsh, bloody, realistic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: prison, mental illness, prison life, male nudity, violence, society, violence spree, jail, fistfight, crime gone awry, violent, brutality ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 70s, 80s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, united kingdom
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Bonded by Blood (2010)
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: gang, rise and fall, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal heroes, vengeance, drug dealing, ambition, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, britain, europe
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Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: criminal, gangster, criminal underworld, most dangerous game, crime boss, drug, bandit, gang, money, criminal gang, organized crime, gang leader ...
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Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: On the 6th December 1995, three Essex gang members were brutally murdered in cold blood. It’s now early 1997 and whoever killed the three men have yet to be brought to justice. An associate of the men, still mourning the loss of his friends, is ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: gang leader, criminal gang, crime boss, drug, organized crime, gang, fight, militant, gang war, outlaw gang, street gang, street fighter ...
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The Krays (1990)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot: gangster, twins, mafia, organized crime, mental illness, violent, murder, male nudity, brutality, british gangster, gang, mobster ...
Time: 1940s, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: england, london, europe
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Villain (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, rivalry, police, murder, debt, society, violence, escapades, family relations, gangster, ghetto, gang ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
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St George's Day (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Infamous London gangster cousins, Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw, are at the top of the food chain, when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine in rough seas. Set in London, Amsterdam and ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, disorder, diamonds, football hooligan, smuggling, drug, race against time, violent, urban, mafia, football, british gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: amsterdam, england, europe, berlin germany, london ...
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The Big I Am (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A cruel twist of fate catapults small time crook Mickey Skinner into the big league, as head of a brutal London gang poised on the brink of a lucrative human-trafficking deal.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, gangster, dishonesty, rivalry, criminal heroes, organized crime, criminal, nudity, strong violent content, profanity, ambition, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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Capone (1975)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, murder, rise and fall, police investigation, mafia, prohibition, brutality, gunfight, jail, female nudity, criminal heroes, gang ...
Time: 1920s, year 1975, 1930s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns ...
Style: bleak, tense, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, mafia, robbery, against the rules, rise to the top, prison, prison escape, gangster, mob boss, romancing a criminal, heist, biopic ...
Time: 60s, year 2008, y2k, 2000s, 1950s ...
Place: france, paris france, canada, montreal, africa ...
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Cass (2008)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, powerful ...
Plot: racism, adoption, interracial relations, bullying, lifestyle, going straight, self discovery, rise to the top, parents and children, rebellion, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Black Mass (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Style: suspense, factual, intense, brutal, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, corruption, gangster, irish mob, violence, murder, mob boss, true crime, mobster, illness, brutality, organized crime ...
Time: year 2015, 70s, 80s, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place: boston, peru, usa, massachusetts, santa monica california ...
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56%
American Gangster (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, gangster, mob boss, heroin, drug lord, mobster, police, violence, crime boss, drug traffic, gang ...
Time: 60s, 70s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place: new york, new jersey, vietnam, china, cuba ...
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56%
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Top Dog (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hooligan boss Billy Evans has it all - a successful business, a beautiful family and respect on the terraces. But when he clashes with gangster Mickey over a backstreet proetection racket, Billy soon finds himself out of his depth as they look to ...
Style: rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: downfall, rivalry, ambition, gang, unfulfillment, criminal heroes, blind ambition, football hooligan, hooligan, criminal, football, nationalism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats -- from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks -- Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.
Style: intense, suspense, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mob boss, chase, organized crime, mafia, prison, biopic, heist, character study, against the rules, notoriety, realism ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, year 2008, 70s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Donnie Brasco (1997)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style: neo noir, realistic, clever, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, fbi, undercover, mentor, mobster, investigation, working undercover, undercover agent, italian mafia, law enforcement, friends ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1978
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, miami, florida ...
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56%
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The Crew (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, betrayal, dishonesty, gang, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, brother brother relationship, lesbian, organized crime, british gangster, mafia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Consignment (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, gangster, on the run, going straight, police investigation, starting over, gang, hitman, criminal's revenge, rivalry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Place: california, usa
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55%
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Gangster No. 1 (2000)
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: gangster, rise and fall, organized crime, psychopath, torture, mafia, betrayal, prison, violence, gang war, leadership, extortion ...
Time: year 2000, future, 60s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Football Factory (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, serious, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: soccer, hooligan, football, organized crime, dark humor, lifestyle, violent, violence, working class, dysfunctional family, football hooligan, drug ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: london, england, britain, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Chopper (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison.
Style: disturbing, dark comedy, cynical, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: prison, brutality, jail, gangster, character study, murder, eccentricity, judge, self destructing, criminal heroes, prison life, notoriety ...
Time: year 2000, 80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1986 ...
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 6.9
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Legend (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running ...
Style: realistic, serious, brutal, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gang, rise and fall, gangster, abusive husband, psychopath, mobster, twins, relationships, mafioso, extortion, twin brother ...
Time: 60s, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 50s ...
Place: london, england, east end london, west end london, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Gotti (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, disgusting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cosa nostra, gangster, godfather, profanity, federal bureau of investigation, father son relationship, mafia, brutality, organized crime, mobster, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1997, year 2002 ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Once Upon a Time in London (2019)
Genre: Crime, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Billy Hill and Jack 'Spot' Comer were among the most notorious criminals in London up until the 1950s. Dramatising the violent reign of two of London's most notorious gangsters, Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) and Jack 'Spot' Comer ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, powerful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, gangster, crime boss, rivalry, vengeance, violent, gang, family relations, blackmail, racketeer, organized crime, british gangster ...
Time: year 1939, 1940s, 1930s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Romanzo Criminale (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story: The Lebanese has a dream: to conquer the underworld of Rome. To carry out this feat without precedent he puts together a ruthless and highly organized gang. Their progress and changes in leadership take place over 25 years, from the 1970s into the ...
Style: serious, stylized, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, gang, police investigation, criminal heroes, partner, law enforcement, leadership, rivalry, ransom, drug dealing, organized crime, inspector ...
Time: 80s, year 2005, 70s, 90s, 60s ...
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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I.D. (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hooligan, soccer, football, police, violent, gang, undercover, football hooligan, skinhead, hooliganism, re-education, anarchist ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: england, britain, yorkshire, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Dead Man Running (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part mission in order to raise the cash before it's too late for them both
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, hood, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, buddies, ultimatum, loan, robbery, british gangster, ghetto, violence, badass, gangsta, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, britain, london, europe, manchester
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53%
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