Movies like Giovanni Falcone
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Giovanni Falcone (1993)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the '80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain the complete control of smuggles. Giovanni Falcone was the most important of them: he discovered the liaisons between mafia and politicians, working along with Rocco Chinnici and Paolo Borsellino. Rocco Chinnici was killed by Mafia in the middle '80s, with a bomb. Giovanni Falcone was killed by mafia in 5/23/1992, with more than 100 kilograms of TNT placed under the highway between Palermo and the Punta Raisi airport, and he died along with his wife and three police officers from the VIP Protection Bureau. Paolo Borsellino was killed by mafia 50 days later, with a bomb-car placed under his mother's house, and he died along with many police officers from the VIP Protection Bureau.
Plot:
mafia, italian mafia, cosa nostra, judge, police officer, heroes, police, death, murder, crime boss, justice, brutality, organized crime, mob boss, carabinieri, mob hit, controversy, police officer killed, bombing, true crime, italian police, gangster, mobster, exploding car, police officer shot in the chest ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 1990s
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy
Most similar movies to Giovanni Falcone
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, poliziottesco and rough films with plots about mafia, gangster, murder, italian mafia, organized crime, mob boss and carabinieri mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Giovanni Falcone: A Judge of Honor (2004), Lucky Luciano (1973), The Professor (1986), Mafia (1968), Corleone (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In 1980 Paolo Borsellino was appointed with the preliminary investigations and the task of setting up a team which would later become the famous anti-mafia pool, investigating into the criminal activities of various mafia bands, in particular the ...
Plot:
judge, mafia, true crime, carabinieri, police officer, italian mafia, cosa nostra, sicilian mafia, mob hit, stubbornness, bravery, man killed ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, mobster, ambition, organized crime, democrat, mafioso, gangster, american mafia, intelligence agency, biopic, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place:
italy, sicily, europe, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, camorra, italian mafia, police, female nudity, nazi, mobster, gulag, criminal, organized crime, murder ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, naples italy, new york, napoli italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Police Officer faces difficulties when investigating a Mafia murder in a small Sicilian town. A businessman is murdered for refusing to join a Mafia-controlled group and although he suspects the Mafia are involved he can find no witnesses or ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, poliziottesco
Plot:
mafia, police, italian mafia, cosa nostra, organized crime, police investigation, carabinieri, card playing, police officer, town, sicilian mafia, murder ...
Place:
italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
Il Capo dei Capi (The Boss of the Bosses) is a six-part Italian miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007. It tells the story of Salvatore Riina, alias Totò u Curtu, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily. Riina is played ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, criminal heroes, gangster, mafia, organized crime, bribery, italian mafia, notoriety, mobster, corrupt politician, murder, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 1940s ...
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.
Style:
erotic
Plot:
police, carabinieri, sex scene, making love, police officer, drug, female nudity, police officer killed, suicide, male nudity, italian police, true crime ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to ...
Style:
realistic, intense, suspense, captivating, factual
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, gangster, trial, italian mafia, mob boss, organized crime, assassination attempt, judge, assassination, murder, death threat ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, 80s, 90s, year 1980 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, rio de janeiro, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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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:
serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
italian mafia, mafia, crime boss, gangster, mobster, gangsta, organized crime, biopic, american mafia, mob boss, entrepreneur, criminal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Mario (Placido), an Italian American who manages a pizzeria in NYC, is charged with an assassination of a judge in Palermo. He leaves the States, comes back to Sicily and recruit Michele, his younger brother, for some help. Michele is a good guy not ...
Style:
poliziottesco, independent film
Plot:
mafia, pizza, woman with a gun, european in usa, multiple deaths, family relations, back in hometown, italian abroad, nudity, telephone call, murder, teenage girl ...
Place:
sicily, palermo italy, new york, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through its president Roberto Calvi, notoriously found dead under the Blackfriars Bridge in London in June 1982.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, fighting the system, political corruption, politics, mafia, bank, uncover truth, gangster, manipulation, clergy, legal, society ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, palermo italy, london, new york, switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After 11 years in prison, Mafia accountant Turi Arcangelo Leofonte can return to freedom.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, poliziottesco
Plot:
italian police, mafia, organized crime, criminal, bandit, crime boss, gang, partners in crime, criminal underworld, mafioso, accountant, motorcycle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Republic. He's strictly incorruptible, working hard and refusing even to shake hands ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Turi Leofonte (Giannini) is a former mafioso who accepts to be a witness at a process involving very important people in the organization. For the Mafia, Leofonte is dangerous, that's why he has to be killed. A police group led by Nino Di ...
Style:
poliziottesco
Plot:
italian mafia, entrapment, drug, gun fu, shootout, violence, mafia, betrayal, chase, murder, prostitute, revenge ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
Style:
noir, poliziottesco
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, police shootout, police officer, police raid, mob boss, sicilian, corruption, police, police uniform stolen, police officer shot, italian american
Time:
70s
Place:
sicily, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story of Peppino Impastato, a political activist who opposed the Mafia in Sicily. One hundred steps was the number of steps it took to get from the Impastato house to the house of the Mafia boss Tano Badalamenti.
Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, rough, political ...
Plot:
assassination, radio, gangster, fighting the system, rebelliousness, political activist, dishonesty, idealism, society, rebellion, media, painting ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, corsica, sicily, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While Arturo tries to gain the love of Flora, he witnesses the history of Sicily from 1969 to 1992, miraculously dodging the crimes of the Mafia and supporting as a journalist the heroic struggle of the judges and policemen who fought this infamous ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
italian mafia, mafia, youth, gangster, love and romance, coincidence, innocence lost, unfulfilled love, mob boss, cosa nostra, boss, children ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 70s, 80s, 90s
Place:
sicily, italy, europe, palermo italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and ...
Style:
poliziottesco
Plot:
police, police officer, mafia, agent, conspiracy, police corruption, paranoia, police officer killed, judge, police raid, years of lead, carabinieri ...
Place:
italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
978
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the country converged on the sleepy town to discuss upcoming ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, tense
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, mob hit, organized crime, crime boss, gangster, conspiracy, social climbing, hitman, brutality, family relations, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense, gloomy
Plot:
journalism, idealism, mafia, uncover truth, investigation, life is a bitch, society, danger, dishonesty, gangster, italian mafia, corruption ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
italy, europe, southern italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A priest (Zingaretti - Inspector Montalbano) attends his new parish only to find the church empty, the locals uninterested and their children rude and abusive. He very gently sets about winning over first the children by providing them with a place ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, factual
Plot:
coming of age, priest, hopes, murder, mafia, mob boss, church, hitman, fighting crime, rivalry, showdown, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The narration spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti as Prime Minister of Italy in 1992, until the trial in which he was accused of collusion with the Mafia.
Style:
political, disturbing, enigmatic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, italian history, assassination, corruption, prime minister, murder, state affairs, idealism, blackmail, head of state, chases and races ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, italian mafia, law, organized crime, sicilian mafia, italian history, historical figure, society, idealism, law enforcement, politics ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
458
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A failed porn actor, working as an enforcer for a mafia kingpin, finds himself confronted with an all-out turf war after an errand goes drastically wrong. Going on the run is his only option.
Style:
suspense, touching, tense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
mafia, murder, organized crime, crime boss, mob boss, death, rivalry, gang war, betrayal, society, chase, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ 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, murder, rise and fall, police investigation, mafia, prohibition, brutality, gunfight, jail, female nudity, criminal heroes, gang ...
Time:
1920s, year 1975, 1930s
Place:
chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on a real Italian crime boss and family, their 40-year saga, as seen through their eyes, reflects the history, beauty, and strife of Naples.
Style:
tense, suspense, contemplative, unusual plot structure
Plot:
mafia, singer, marriage, drug dealing, murder, carabinieri, police raid, jailed, catholic, mobster, camorra, catholic church ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 80s, 2000s
Place:
barcelona, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
One man's fight against organized crime proves to have devastating consequences for himself and his loved ones in this drama from Italy. As a young man, Placido Rizzotto (Marcello Mazzarella) saw his father imprisoned by police for a crime he ...
Plot:
labor union, revolution, biopic, mafia, murder, shepherd, post war, carabinieri, assassination, communist, gangster
Time:
1940s
Place:
southern italy, italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Maurizio Merli takes up a familiar role as Commissioner Berni; a cop who puts his life on the line to transport a witness from Corleone to New York City in order to testify against a mob boss on trial for murder. Along the way, Berni and his ...
Style:
poliziottesco
Plot:
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Place:
italy, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An innocent American engineer is blackmailed by gangsters into a plot to assassinate his cousin, who is a judge in Sicily fighting the Mafia.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, poliziottesco
Plot:
mafia, italian mafia, murder, kidnapping, gangster, danger, rescue, violent content, nudity, hitman, drug, deadly
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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, undercover, going straight, master criminal, rivalry, downfall, police corruption, gangster, organized crime ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1985, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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