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The Valachi Papers (1972)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
Style:
tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, poliziottesco
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
italian mafia, prison, mafia, mobster, hitman, organized crime, crime family, criminal, cosa nostra, spy, bad guy, professional killer, good guy, italian gangster, murder, gangster, prohibition era, heroes, friendship, life is a bitch, master criminal, fugitives, prison life, rebellion, chases and races ...
Time:
1940s, year 1972, 60s, 1930s, 1920s, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
bronx new york city, italy, europe, new york
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Most similar movies to The Valachi Papers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about gangster, mafia, murder, criminal heroes, organized crime, gang and crime family mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Valachi Papers: The Professor (1986), Gomorrah (2008), Charlie (2004), Witness to the Mob (1998), Honor Thy Father (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an ...
Style:
poliziottesco, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, camorra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, female nudity, police, gulag, mobster, nazi, nude girl ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place:
italy, naples italy, new york, napoli italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have ...
Style:
tense, harsh, realistic, serious, depressing ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang war, mafia, camorra, gangster, death, danger, organized crime, italian mafia, gang, power, character study ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, napoli italy, europe, venice, miami ...
Similarity:
100%
776
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in Post World War II Britain, chronicles the rise and fall of real life British crime lord Charlie Richardson.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, gang, tough heroes, society, rebellion, fighting the system, juvenile delinquency, rise and fall, legal, criminal's revenge, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time:
60s
Place:
south africa, london, england, africa, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino ...
Style:
cult classic, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, hitman, crime family, gang, courtroom drama, gangsta, italian mafia, organized crime, cosa nostra, professional killer, italian gangster ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of New York's infamous Bonanno organized crime family. When his father disappears in 1964 and Bill ...
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, rough, semi documentary
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, crime family, organized crime, gangster, tough heroes, ambition, gays and lesbians, crime boss, mafioso, criminal underworld, criminal syndicate, mafia don ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, hitman, rise and fall, murder, criminal heroes, undercover, rivalry, master criminal, going straight, downfall, police corruption, gangster ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, florida
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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's ...
Style:
neo noir, noir, crime drama, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, caper, mafia, sicilian, organized crime, gangster, robbery, female nudity, criminal, security system, family honor, escape from custody ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
rome italy, france, paris france, venice, italy ...
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31%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
italian mafia, crime boss, mafia, mobster, gangster, gangsta, organized crime, crime family, biopic, american mafia, mob boss, mob hit ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Style:
suspense, intense, talky, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, mobster, organized crime, friendship, vengeance, tough heroes, greed, murder, criminal heroes, dishonesty, blind ambition, mafia ...
Time:
1920s, year 1991, year 1917, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
new york, israel, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but ...
Style:
grindhouse, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, car, kidnapped girl, swing, automobile, underground, revenge, boat, crash, gangster, danger, chase ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france, europe, cote d'azur, mediterranean sea, south of france ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins ...
Style:
poliziottesco, historical drama, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, mobster, ambition, organized crime, american mafia, intelligence agency, crime family, mafioso, democrat, gangster, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place:
italy, sicily, usa, europe, new york ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the ...
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, noir, black and white, serious ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
police officer killed, betrayal, heist, robbery, forced confession, criminal, fugitive, jazz, caper, shootout, loss of brother, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, marseille, europe, south of france
Similarity:
30%
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, prohibition, brutality, gunfight, rise and fall, mafia, murder, police investigation, hitman, gang war, violence, bare breasts ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1975
Place:
chicago, usa, north america
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, true crime, death, mafia, hitman, gunfight, historical figure, gang, battles, law enforcement, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
1920s, year 1967, 60s, 20th century, year 1929 ...
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
30%
2.2M
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 ...
Style:
serious, captivating, atmospheric, epic, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, revenge, crime family, betrayal, mob boss, wedding, greed, pride and honor, cosa nostra, violence ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city, sicily ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film shows the difficulties of an honest, imperiled judge and his bodyguard of four men, trying to clean up a Sicilian town. Corrupt local politicians, working hand-in-hand with the Mafia, will stop at nothing to prevent exposure of their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
italian gangster, italian mafia, mafia, organized crime, crime family, italian politics, politics, assassination, police corruption, political corruption, life turned upside down, political conspiracy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
Similarity:
29%
107K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of ...
Style:
tense, harsh, rough, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, mafia, prison life, gangster, cruelty, male nudity, organized crime, male objectification, convict, prison gang, prison escape, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 90s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, marseille, europe, paris france, california
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Confessions of a Police Captain (Italian: Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica, also known as Confessions of a Police Commissioner to the District Attorney) is an Italian crime-drama film about a cop starring ...
Style:
poliziottesco, grindhouse, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female nudity, police, mafia, police officer, italian police, corruption, gang violence, corrupt, italian mafia, woman with a gun, nude girl, italian gangster ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
29%
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1.4M
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, homoerotic, realistic, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, violence, mentor, mobster, drug traffic, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, psychopath ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 90s, year 1990, year 1980 ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, florida, italy, usa ...
Similarity:
29%
902
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Style:
grim, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, mobster, blaxploitation, criminal, italian police, crime family, prison, gangster, restaurant, jail, heist, murder ...
Time:
year 1960, 70s, 60s
Place:
new york, italy
Similarity:
29%
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, making love, gang, police investigation, criminal heroes, partner, law enforcement, rivalry, leadership, ransom, drug dealing, sex scene ...
Time:
80s, year 2005, 90s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
29%
18K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
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, disgusting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, brutality, godfather, federal bureau of investigation, organized crime, mobster, criminal heroes, cosa nostra, father son relationship, american mafia, mafia, family relations ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 2002 ...
Place:
columbus ohio, new york, usa
Similarity:
29%
613K
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, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning ...
Style:
crime drama, serious, realistic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manslaughter, prostitute, politics, police officer, man on the run, french police, corruption, quitting smoking, informant, political activism, evil politician, judiciary ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
france, europe, paris france, normandy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
ambiguous ending, melancholic, epic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, gunfight, murder, corruption, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, america, china ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, mafia, sicilian, village, murder, danger, testimony, family life, youth, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1991, year 1985
Place:
sicily, palermo italy, europe, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Style:
poliziottesco, detective, neo noir, non-linear, exciting ...
Plot:
italian police, police, robbery, police officer, politics, car chase, social commentary, anarchist, theft, tough heroes, heist, chases and races ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, milan italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, organized crime, law, historical figure, italian history, law enforcement, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
Similarity:
28%
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, neo noir, saga, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, murder, gangster, cosa nostra, sicilian mafia, literary, immigration, crime boss, assassination, melancholy ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
cuba, sicily, new york, las vegas, italy ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Style:
retro, hood, grindhouse, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, tough guy, church, drug addict, truck, police raid, teenage boy, police partner, police protagonist, photograph, mob boss ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, vietnam, asia, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
28%
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