Movies and TV shows like The Sopranos
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The Sopranos (1999)
412K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
Style:
serious, cynical, clever, captivating, rough, psychological, dramatic, realistic, stylized, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, killings, criminal heroes, dark humor, family life, family relations, violence, ambition, mob boss, criminal, introspection, death, parents and children, cosa nostra, psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, crime boss, racial slur, rise to the top, female nudity, criminal organization, fbi, villain ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
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Most similar movies to The Sopranos
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, dramatic and captivating films and TV series with plots about gangsters, organized crime, criminal, mafia, corruption, murder and gang mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Sopranos: The Godfather (1972), Boardwalk Empire (2010), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), The Godfather Part II (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
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serious, epic, atmospheric, dramatic, captivating ...
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boys' night, chick flick
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mafia, organized crime, gangsters, greed, revenge, betrayal, crime family, pride and honor, corruption, murder, wedding, gang war ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, europe, sicily ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
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serious, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
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boys' night
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mafia, gangsters, mob boss, organized crime, prohibition, criminal heroes, corruption, smuggling, businessman, americana, ambitious, elimination ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city, new york, chicago illinois ...
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94%
1.2M
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, realistic, epic, brutal, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, rise and fall, criminal heroes, mentor, drugs, suspense, friends, cosa nostra, drug traffic, gang ...
Time:
70s, 50s, year 1970, 80s, year 1963 ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, florida, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
96%
528K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, gangsters, rise and fall, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, betrayal, suspense, fbi, money ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1980 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa, midwest, kansas city, costa rica ...
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Style:
epic, captivating, serious, visually appealing, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, revenge, ambition, melancholy, cosa nostra, immigrants, corruption, corrupt politician, murder, crime boss ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, 60s ...
Place:
new york, cuba, italy, las vegas, sicily ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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Frank Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt), is a former member of the New York mob. After testifying in a trial in the United States, Tagliano is relocated to Lillehammer in Norway through the FBI's witness protection program. Frank Tagliano was ...
Style:
witty, talky, stylized, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, culture clash, dark humor, gangsters, lifestyle change, blackmail, starting over, middle aged, business venture, small town life, businessman, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
norway, europe
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82%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, rivalry, society, family relations ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
england, ireland, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
16K
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:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, cosa nostra, federal bureau of investigation, father son relationship, mafia, godfather, brutality, organized crime, parents and children, family relations, ambition ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1997, year 2002 ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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A working-class Irish family rules a city built on loyalty and corruption. The Caffee brothers, Tommy, a rising politician desperate for reelection, and Michael, a hardened criminal returning from seven years on the run and eager to reclaim his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, dramatic ...
Plot:
politician, family relations, irish mob, dysfunctional family, mafia, irish, criminal, ambition, family problems, political corruption, criminal heroes, politics ...
Place:
usa, ireland, rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
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When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
criminal, life turned upside down, family problems, peril, drug dealing, meth lab, drug lord, unlikely partners, master criminal, cancer, life is a bitch, ambition ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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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 ...
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tense, brutal, talky, thought provoking, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mob boss, gang, gang war, irish, criminal, corruption, organized crime, murder, hitman, caper ...
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70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1975 ...
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usa, ireland, boston, ohio, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
346K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
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Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
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clever, tense, cynical, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, police detective, corruption, police, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, working undercover, drug dealing, fighting crime, police investigation, gang, drug lord ...
Time:
2000s, future, 50s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
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serious, captivating, clever, tense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
hollywood, identity crisis, family secret, power relations, teamwork, blackmail, relatives, family feud, intrigue, family problems, expert, family relations ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
48K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
James “Ghost” St. Patrick has it all: a beautiful wife, a gorgeous Manhattan penthouse, and the hottest, up-and-coming new nightclub in New York. His club, Truth, caters to the elite: the famous and infamous boldface names that run the city that ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
nightlife, ambition, nightclub, drug dealing, businessman, double life, money laundering, organized crime, nightclub owner, sexual activity, drug lord, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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314K
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:
tense, realistic, neo noir, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, undercover, organized crime, fbi, mentor, investigation, working undercover, suspense, undercover agent, gang, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, florida, usa, miami ...
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75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 434 min.
TV show
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A seven-hours-plus adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" and "The Godfather, Part II" - with new scenes added and some old ones lengthened. Originally broadcast on the NBC television network in November of ...
Style:
epic, serious, captivating, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, crime boss, gang war, parent child relationship, police corruption, suburbs, man hits a woman, melancholy, corrupt politician, lawyer, criminal ...
Time:
50s, 1930s, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
cuba, italy, europe, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
18K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
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Boss is an American political drama television serial created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies, a degenerative neurological disorder.
Style:
serious, rough, captivating, clever, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, mayor, boss, political intrigue, ambition, career, mental illness, power struggle, dishonesty, life is a bitch, ambitious, scheme ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
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Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, ...
Style:
witty, psychological, tense, stylized, captivating ...
Plot:
lawyer, workplace situations, hotshot lawyer, family relations, legal, dark humor, dishonesty, moral dilemma, criminal lawyer, private investigator, cons and scams, criminal ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
855K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, harsh, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, gunfight, drug lord, drug cartel, mob boss, cocaine, ambition, drug dealing, drug abuse, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, cuba, florida, bolivia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, dramatic, anamorphic ...
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, gang, criminal, gang war, mob boss, mafioso, bandit, cosa nostra, criminal underworld, organized crime, crime boss ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 70s, year 1972, year 1971
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, prison, criminal, gang, power struggle, group of criminals, young man, organized crime, arms dealing, friends ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, northern california
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75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, serious, stylized, erotic ...
Plot:
gangsters, mob boss, mafia, hotshot, hotel, intrigue, organized crime, businessman, lifestyle, power struggle, ambition, cover up ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1959
Place:
miami, usa, miami beach
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, erotic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal, crime family, heist, dysfunctional family, gay brother, escapades, family conflict, brother brother relationship, twists and turns, friendship, antisocial personality disorder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
265K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, gangsters, drug lord, rise and fall, drug abuse, friendship, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug use, addiction ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 50s, 60s, 90s ...
Place:
california, colombia, latin america, boston, mexico ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series which broadcasts on the Nine Network. Each series is based on real-life events.
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captivating, serious, realistic, rough, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang war, gangsters, mafia, power struggle, violence spree, gang, family relations, court, mob boss, disorder, lawyer, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Meet the Donnelly brothers: Tommy, Jimmy, Kevin and Sean. There is nothing these four Irish brothers wouldn't do to protect each other, and for them that means lying, cheating, stealing and, occasionally, calling the cops. Narrated by wannabe ...
Style:
captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, murder, gangsters, vengeance, blind ambition, family business, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, ireland, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Style:
epic, visually appealing, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, revenge, violence, guilt, murder, assassination, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, catholic church, psychology ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place:
italy, new york, palermo italy, sicily, atlantic city new jersey ...
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50%
20K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and it's name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
Style:
dark drama, sexy, realistic, cynical, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealer, african american, dea, ghetto, u.s. government, latinx lead, illegal drugs, gangsters, drug crime, black cast, spy, couples ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
usa, los angeles, central america, california, south central los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, which ran from 12 July 2005 to 9 November 2010 on TV3. The series followed the lives of the career criminal West family after the matriarch, Cheryl, decided the family should go ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, sexy
Plot:
lawyer, dysfunctional family, criminal, family life, going straight, convict, criminal heroes, right and wrong, doubts and hesitations, manipulation, porn, exploitation ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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