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The Yards (2000)
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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 contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Style:
tense, bleak, emotional, talky, intense, rough, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, light ...
Plot:
gangsters, corruption, betrayal, political corruption, murder, whistleblower, police corruption, character study, false accusation, mafia, life is a bitch, injustice, moral dilemma, nude, criminal, train, friendship, railway, conspiracy, justice, destiny, organized crime, catastrophe, prison, business ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and complex films with plots about gangsters, mentor, betrayal, storytelling, corruption, dialogue and brutality mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Yards: Tequila Sunrise (1988), Gloria (1999), We Own the Night (2007), Reservation Road (2007), City Hall (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love triangle, organized crime, betrayal, surveillance, drug dealer, drugs, suspense, corruption, friendship, crime boss, gangsters, love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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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.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, touching, sexy, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Style:
harsh, stylized, serious, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, police, gang, drugs, suspense, police officer, brothers, hitman, multiple storylines, nightclub ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men (Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo) react in unexpected ways as a ...
Style:
psychological, tense, intense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
redemption, investigation, obsession, dysfunctional family, loss of child, lawyer, character study, family problems, losing-it hero, parents and children, cover up, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Style:
tense, political, realistic, thought provoking, talky ...
Plot:
investigation, corruption, police, political corruption, murder, mafia, lawyer, mayor, suspense, society, uncover truth, gangsters ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, new orleans, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
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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 ...
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39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The film follows the personal relationship between a father and his two sons, one of whom is a hit-man for the Russian mafia in Brooklyn.
Style:
dark, disturbing, bleak, gloomy, affectionate ...
Audience:
boys' night
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gangsters, gang, russian mafia, winter, redemption, hitman, jewish, snow, assassin, killer, coming of age, immigrants ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, tokyo, california, usa, brooklyn new york city
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39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, clever, serious, tense ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, gambling debt, suspense, gambler, poker, gangsters, gambling addiction, human nature, moral dilemma, writers, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, nevada, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and raising a family with his wife Bev. But when his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, ...
Style:
neo noir, surreal, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, murder, organized crime, prison, betrayal, suspense, vengeance, undercover agent, mafia, heist, violence, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, neo noir, political, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, private detective, twists and turns, infidelity, betrayal, politics, political corruption, mayor, corruption, private investigator, haunted by the past ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new orleans, new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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 ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, atmospheric, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gang, betrayal, irish, undercover, suspense, homecoming, friendship, gangsters, gunfight, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, ireland, boston, manhattan new york city, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, feel good, poignant, intellectual ...
Plot:
prison, death sentence, friendship, redemption, moral dilemma, drugs, drug addiction, guilt, courage, lawyer, death row, hanging ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
malaysia, new jersey, new york, asia, usa ...
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37%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, sexy, disturbing, talky ...
Plot:
murder, suspense, twists and turns, gambling, redemption, debt, investigation, loser, siblings relations, moral dilemma, gangsters, hitman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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.
Style:
talky, intense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, murder, investigation, police brutality, gangsters, lawyer, fighting the system, law enforcement, legal, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, new jersey, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. ...
Style:
tense, intense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, police corruption, police investigation, suspense, organized crime, murder, corruption, investigation, conspiracy, betrayal, moral dilemma, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, boston, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style:
neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political corruption, murder, investigation, suspense, police, gangsters, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, partners against crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
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realistic, exciting, clever, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, gunfight, robbery, criminal heroes, drug lord, dishonesty, conspiracy, drugs, gangsters, caper, rivalry, mafia ...
Time:
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Place:
new orleans, boston, usa
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34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on ...
Style:
intense, dark, atmospheric, tense, serious ...
Plot:
mafia, oil, american dream, gangsters, corruption, organized crime, truck, suspense, business ethics, immigrants, winter, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 1981, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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34%
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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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33%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1921 New York. an immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Style:
atmospheric, harsh, emotional, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Place:
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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspenseful, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, murder, twists and turns, suspense, gay teenager, life is a bitch, plot twist, tragedy, police investigation, murder mystery, conspiracy, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Eastern Promises related movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.
Style:
tense, neo noir, talky, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
1920s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, canada, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ...
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tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, interrogation, suspense, violence, investigation, complex characters, justice, character study, vengeance, drug dealer ...
Time:
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Place:
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33%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
police corruption, fighting the system, police, corruption, whistleblower, undercover cop, police investigation, suspense, mafia, social decay, partners, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, drugs, infidelity, psychopath, lust, killer, gangsters, punk rock, sex, violent, dark humor ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, new york yankees ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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