Movies like Monument Ave.
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Monument Ave. (1998)
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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 from their and Teddy's relatives.
Style:
atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, tense, serious, touching, neo noir, melancholic, dramatic, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, murder, vengeance, gang, police investigation, investigation, life is a bitch, best friends, rivalry, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, police corruption, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, criminal heroes, mafia, organized crime, working class, drugs, revenge, catastrophe, loneliness, violence, life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, ireland, connecticut, new jersey, massachusetts, usa, europe ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and melancholic films with plots about gangsters, dialogue, corruption, storytelling, brutality, violence and mentor mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Monument Ave.: Ash Wednesday (2002), Gloria (1999), New Jersey Drive (1995), City of Industry (1997), Empire (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
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intense, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
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gangsters, organized crime, betrayal, vengeance, violence, love triangle, murder, haunted by the past, couple relations, siblings relations, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, year 1983
Place:
new york, boston, ireland, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sharon Stone plays a street-wise, middle-aged moll standing up against the mobs, all of which is complicated by a 6 year old urchin with a will of his own who she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
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serious, suspenseful, touching, sexy, intense ...
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teens, girls' night
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gangsters, asthma, murder, women, suspense, justice, runaway, mafia, woman in danger, down on your luck, introspection, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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New Jersey Drive is a 1995 film about black youths in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial "car theft capital of the world". Their favorite pastime is that of everybody in their neighborhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts ...
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realistic, brutal, melancholic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, brutality, police, police investigation, vengeance, gangsters, hip hop, murder, lone hero, teenage life, youth, on the run ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, talky, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, betrayal, heist, murder, kidnapping, violence, money, death, twists and turns, criminal, nude ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, palm springs california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top Victor soon finds out that he has ...
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intense, stylized, melancholic, rough, suspenseful ...
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boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
betrayal, organized crime, greed, drugs, twists and turns, gang, suspense, wall street, drug dealing, cons and scams, going straight, criminal heroes ...
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Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, miami
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
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A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
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tense, realistic, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
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boys' night
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gangsters, mafia, organized crime, friendship, character study, gang, money, urban ghetto life, life philosophy, friends, street gang, exotic dancer ...
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Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A fearless cop is taking on a ruthless crimelord. He knew the risks. He just didn't know how far he would have to go.
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entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, rough, sexy ...
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boys' night, teens
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42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
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talky, intense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
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boys' night
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80s
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey, puerto rico
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42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style:
intense, harsh, serious, neo noir, gloomy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
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Place:
new orleans, usa, new jersey, texas, los angeles
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42%
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 ...
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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 ...
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los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While racing to a boxing match, Frank, Mike, John and Rey get more than they bargained for. A wrong turn lands them directly in the path of Fallon, a vicious, wise-cracking drug lord. After accidentally witnessing Fallon murder a disloyal henchman, ...
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boys' night
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
prison, suspense, gang, teenager, juvenile delinquency, youth, prison escape, violence, gangsters, rivalry, confined, society ...
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big ...
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tense, bleak, emotional, talky, intense ...
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gangsters, corruption, betrayal, political corruption, murder, whistleblower, character study, police corruption, false accusation, mafia, injustice, moral dilemma ...
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Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
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tense, bleak, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
african american, ghetto, urban ghetto life, gangsters, hip hop, murder, police brutality, friendship, coming of age, street gang, organized crime, drugs ...
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90s, year 1993, 20th century, 70s
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california, los angeles, usa, north america
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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.
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tense, serious, clever, intense, thought provoking ...
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boys' night
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gangsters, robbery, art theft, adaptation, irish, master criminal, brutality, law enforcement, mastermind, cons and scams, mafia, organized crime ...
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20th century, 90s, 80s, 50s, 70s
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ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister ...
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boys' night
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Duration: 111 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Three losers, Eddie, Lucas and Mamet, are sent to collect some debt at a remote farm. But the thugs there are too hard for them, and they are humiliated. They return for revenge, it gets out of hand, ends with a bloodbath and they are left with a ...
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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