Movies like Hyena 2014
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Hyena (2014)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
Style:
tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gang, gangsters, murder, drug dealing, bad cop, law enforcement, police investigation, dishonesty, drugs, human trafficking, corruption, drug dealer, monster, police officer, violent, sex scene, cocaine, extreme violence, strong violent content, dancing, snake, police, bus, nude ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gangsters, dishonesty, gang, law enforcement, murder, drug dealing and deadly mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Hyena: The Business (2005), Bonded by Blood (2010), Ready 2 Die (2014), Terry (2011), Shifty (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the '80s, a young man named Frankie dreams of escaping London's South East region, and his mother's thug of a boyfriend gives him just the opportunity. After beating up the abusive beau, Frankie runs off to Spain, where he ...
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, rough, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, gangsters, organized crime, drug dealer, rise and fall, femme fatale, drug dealing, on the run, drug abuse, murder, ambition, drug cartel ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
england, spain, colombia, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
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gangsters, rise and fall, rivalry, gang, drug dealing, betrayal, vengeance, ambition, partners, criminal heroes, dishonesty, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
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56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, gang, murder, dishonesty, heist, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
346
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In the summer of 2009, Charlie Ruez made a documentary. 6 months later the footage was seized for evidence by the Metropolitan Police Department. In 2010, the footage was released.
Style:
serious, tense, disturbing, rough, realistic
Plot:
gangsters, found footage, gang, law enforcement, drug dealing, drug abuse, murder, violence spree, swashbuckler, fighter, strong violent content, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, dark, multicultural ...
Plot:
dealer, police, betrayal, haunted by the past, gangsters, save the day, rivalry, gang, murder, suspense, drug dealer, exploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Films like Training Day
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Experienced New York Police Detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of gangster killings organized by a new player in town, an American.With the help of a young teen wronged by gangsters, Harris ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, gangsters, police, police officer, drug dealing, politics, master criminal, police investigation, dishonesty, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, new york, usa, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
London gangster Christian has a plan to kill off the opposition, but things get messy when a witness survives.
Style:
serious, rough, stylized, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, criminal's revenge, hitman, murder, police, fighting crime, witnessing a crime, police investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, rivalry, police corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of the Essex Boys gang - the drugs, the violence and, of course, the murders. The real story is the most shocking of all.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot:
gangsters, murder, drug dealing, gang, rise and fall, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, who done it, police, violence, informant ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, year 1993, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
england, amsterdam, united kingdom, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroin addict, corruption, pimp, marijuana, police investigation, police corruption, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, partners, drug dealing, addiction ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough, neo noir ...
Plot:
gangsters, gang, boxing, athlete's life, ambition, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, down on your luck, promoter, father son relationship, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Movies like Eastern Promises
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The only difference between a cop and a criminal is The Badge. Detective Vince McKinley and his partner Martin Goulet have to solve the biggest case of their careers: a series of evidence have been stolen from their own precinct. Through out the ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partners, tough law enforcer, police investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, police corruption, graphic violence, police, corruption, badge
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gang, street gang, drug dealing, internal affairs, guilt, investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, working undercover, murder, police officer killed ...
Place:
los angeles, cuba, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
201
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, police investigation, gang, juvenile delinquency, working undercover, police corruption, urban ghetto life, society, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
422
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway, Queens. Upon his return, Trane encounters his old friend Dave, who describes the new forces of crime and ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, tense, serious
Plot:
downfall, soldier, vengeance, police corruption, vigilantism, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, law enforcement, gangsters, criminal's revenge, murder, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it's his job to teach Billy about crime, drugs and women. Little does he know ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, murder, gangsters, drug dealer, police, gang, ambition, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, rivalry, vengeance, rise and fall ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Movies similar to Rise of the Footsoldier
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partners against crime, gang, police detective, police investigation, partners, police corruption, law enforcement, friendship, rivalry, mafia, gangsters, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The young police man Vincent is the best in his class, and denies to be recruited to the special forces. But when the corrupt Milo manages to get a grip on him, his life is turned into a living nightmare.
Style:
exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
swat team, murder, law enforcement, survival, police corruption, violence spree, gangsters, organized crime, mafia, suspense, armory, dead father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the mid to late 90's, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, orgy, violence, psychopath, police corruption, drug dealer, male nudity, corrupt law enforcer, drugs, gang, suicide, nightclub ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
iceland, scandinavia, europe, reykjavik iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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866
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, neo noir, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blackmail, murder, uncover truth, investigation, tough law enforcer, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption, dishonesty, gang, life is a bitch ...
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, undercover, law enforcement, chaos and mayhem, gunfight, ghetto, police, gangsters, nypd, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, cons and scams, going straight, drug dealing, law enforcement, addiction, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, drug abuse, rivalry ...
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or ...
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realistic, serious, tense
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38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, heist, betrayal, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gang, dishonesty, brother brother relationship, organized crime, lesbian, mafia, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
There is no honor without truth. When gang wars spin out of control in downtown Washington D.C., one man steps onto the battlefirld to hunt down a ruthless killer. A young man has been released from prison and is determined to build a new life for ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, friendship, criminal heroes, partners, police investigation, law enforcement, gang, dishonesty, reluctant partners, battles, drug dealing, redemption ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., los angeles
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38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
gangsters, gang war, waitress, revenge, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, criminal heroes, couples, murder, woman in danger, gang, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on a book about an infamous real scandal in the Dutch crime scene, the film aims at exposing the horrors caused by corruption on both sides of the law. A rookie policeman is coerced into obtaining secret information from a childhood friend ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, false accusation, police detective, police corruption, investigation, rivalry, law enforcement, dishonesty, betrayal, corrupt law enforcer, drug cartel, luxury car ...
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
917
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael Madsen stars as Max Walker, a down-and-out cop who becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members -- and the drugs ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, partners, police corruption, dishonesty, undercover, crime gone awry, drug dealing, law enforcement, partners against crime, drug abuse, working undercover, nypd ...
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37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
JW now lives in exile and is more than ever determined to find out what happened to his missing sister Camilla. Every trace leads him to the world of organized crime in Stockholm. Jorge is about to do his last score - the largest robbery in Swedish ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal, mafia, revenge, murder, gang, working undercover, gangsters, missing person, criminal heroes, criminal gang, suspense, smuggler ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, sweden, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles
Style:
neo noir, erotic, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vice squad, drug dealer, policewoman, killer, woman with a gun, women, prostitute, prostitution, addiction, drug abuse, computers and web, woman in danger ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In good old days Franz Maurer and his partners from secret police used to live like kings. Now, they all must adapt to new post-communist environment where they are scorned and losing all the privileges. Some, like Franz, are like ordinary police ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, police officer, pig killer, exploitation, gang, friendship, polish, police investigation, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, drug dealing, rebellion ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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