Movies like Escobar: Paradise Lost
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Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, Belgium, Panama
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, touching, serious, captivating, stylized, suspense, social, hood ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealing, gangster, forbidden love, young lovers, family relations, murder, siblings relations, mafia, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, uncle niece relationship, gang, biopic, money, kidnapping, drug crime, colombian drug cartel, drug lord, bodyguard, diamond, supermarket, ghetto, smuggling ...
Time:
20th century, year 2014, 80s, 90s, year 1991, 1990s
Place:
colombia
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Most similar movies to Escobar: Paradise Lost
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, suspense, surprise ending and suspenseful films with plots about murder, organized crime, gangster, gun, violence, shot to death and blood mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Escobar: Paradise Lost: Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), Narcos (2015), Traffic (2000), The Way of the Gun (2000), The Lord of the Skies (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, perverse, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cartel, terrorist, drug cartel, black ops, cia agent, cia, organized crime, u.s. mexico border, warrior, deception, top secret, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, south america, kansas city, sonora, mexico ...
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealer, cartel, drug dealing, drug lord, rise to the top, master criminal, sex, cia agent, illegal drugs, dea, drug ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, south america, latin america, mexico, panama ...
Similarity:
100%
229K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style:
suspense, political, realistic, thought provoking, anthology ...
Plot:
drug traffic, organized crime, drug abuse, drug dealer, drug lord, addiction, drug addiction, drug cartel, drug, war on drugs, politics, corruption ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
mexico, latin america, california, ohio, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Style:
cult classic, clever, neo noir, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, twists and turns, gunfight, ransom, money, violence, gangster, crime gone awry, pregnancy, hostage, criminal, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
bolivia, mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the 1990s, these are the life and times of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, a man who became the head of the Juárez cartel. Nicknamed “El Señor de los Cielos” (Lord of the Skies) because of the large fleet of airplanes he used to transport ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, drug lord, master criminal, rise to the top, drug, money, gangster, smuggling, gang war, generosity, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
latin america, colombia, mexico, new mexico
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
heist, police corruption, betrayal, bank robbery, dirty cop, mafia, corruption, corrupt cop, masked man, police detective, strip club, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel, boston, los angeles
Similarity:
27%
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 ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, visually appealing, neo noir ...
Plot:
violence, organized crime, gangster, mafia, bad mother, investigation, justice, complex characters, vengeance, character study, drug dealer, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, peru, melbourne, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
26%
530K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style:
realistic, brutal, harsh, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
revenge, cia, drug cartel, drug smuggling, hitman, brutality, fbi, fbi agent, black ops, cia agent, vigilantism, murder ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, texas, tucson arizona, arizona ...
Similarity:
26%
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16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum,but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a ...
Style:
hood, realistic, bleak, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chess, childhood trauma, coming of age, drug dealing, drug lord, african american, ghetto, father son relationship, drug, hip hop, urban ghetto, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, africa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones…
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, violence, police, organized crime, undercover, prison gang, murder, kidnapping, betrayal, ex convict, danger, brutality ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
Style:
rough, serious, suspense, action packed, cult classic ...
Plot:
painful sex, murder of a nude woman, vengeance, addiction, life is a bitch, police, brutality, violence, heroin addict, betrayal, chase, revenge ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, unusual plot structure, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hospital, survival, gangster, twists and turns, race against time, hostage, on the run, danger, life turned upside down, unlikely partners, confined, wanted ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, tokyo, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: 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:
suspense, harsh, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, police, gangster, nightclub, gang, cop, brothers, hitman, lone hero, multiple storylines, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, year 1988, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
suspense, serious, retro, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangster, buddy cop, revenge, car chase, police corruption, vengeance, reluctant partners, murder of an innocent person, telepathy, native american reservation, cold blooded murder, showdown ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, death, kick-butt women, violence, assassin, female killer, murder, female protagonist, female assassin, african american, gangster, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Caught in the crosshairs of police corruption and Marseille’s warring gangs, a loyal cop must protect his squad by taking matters into his own hands.
Style:
suspense, tragic ending, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
french police, police, mafia, police detective, corruption, violence, police corruption, italian mafia, police shootout, police brutality, betrayal, police investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
marseille, paris france, france, bronx new york city
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Vietnam veteran Billy Ray Lancing, a former CSA agent who now works on a wildlife refuge in Northern Alaska, has been exchanging letters in a pen-pal relationship with Irina Morawska, a 13-year-old orphaned girl in Poland that he's helping out ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tough heroes, rescue, danger, friendship, secret code, human trafficking, orphan, martial arts, obsessive quest, righting the wronged, undercover, race against time ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland, montreal, eastern europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
drug lord, vengeance, murder, car chase, attempted murder, violence, death, betrayal, organized crime, police, arms dealer, crime boss ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, cambodia
Similarity:
25%
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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, intense, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, mafia, organized crime, st. patrick's day, undercover, irish gangster, homecoming, friendship, working undercover, irish mob, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, ireland, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Style:
harsh, stylized, suspense, road movie, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, father daughter relationship, gunfight, ex convict, redemption, on the run, teenage girl, road trip, race against time, chase, violence, desert ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 80s
Place:
california, new mexico, santa monica california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, hood, thrilling ...
Plot:
hitman, sword fight, murder, female warrior, vengeance, revenge, gang, criminal gang, showdown, criminal, killer, bandit ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Style:
period piece, neo noir, stylized, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, prohibition, revenge, gangster, betrayal, chase, criminal, friendship, police, murder, mob boss ...
Time:
1920s, year 2016, 2010s, 1930s
Place:
florida, boston, massachusetts, america, miami ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Style:
hood, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, kidnapping, hip hop, gangster, chase, african american gangster, urban, revenge, african american, car chase, ghetto, black ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, detective, hood, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, mafia, drug lord, murder, cocaine, mob boss, violence, redemption, prison, subway ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, suspenseful, tense, bleak, exciting ...
Plot:
drug smuggler, hitman, sadism, stolen money, drug dealer, danger, tax collector, female psychopath, drug, family relations, violence, taxes ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Boomer (Wiper) is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos (Carmen Argenziano), his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, on the run, mistaken identity, gangster, hitman, manhunt, special agent, rivalry, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, danger, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
24%
201K
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:
factual, suspense, brutal, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, violence, corruption, irish mob, organized crime, gangster, fbi, fbi agent, true crime, murder, illness, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, 70s, 80s, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place:
boston, peru, usa, massachusetts, miami ...
Similarity:
24%
167K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. ...
Style:
road movie, crime drama, exciting, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
old man, drug cartel, drug smuggling, drug, dea, drug crime, pickup truck, mexican drug cartel, police, driver, cartel, mountain ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, 2010s, year 2005, year 1958
Place:
mexico, texas, chicago, el paso texas, south america ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis (Hemsworth), settles for a security guard job with the EMPIRE STATE Armored Truck Company. He makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, Eddie ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
armored car robbery, robbery, armored truck, police detective, ex cop, unlikely criminals, chase, chases and races, embezzlement, employee employee relationship, police academy, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, usa, bronx new york city, new york
Similarity:
24%
17K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, tough guy, child in peril, martial arts, danger, tough heroes, daring rescue, missing child, organized crime, father son relationship, police detective, murder ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, eastern europe
Similarity:
24%
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