Movies like Hell
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Hell (2010)
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Original name: El Infierno
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he will discover that criminal life does not always keep its promises.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, cynical, perverse, biting, rough, neo noir, offbeat, odd ...
Plot:
gangsters, drug cartel, violence, u.s. mexico border, politics, gang war, society, social relations, organized crime, mafia, drug dealing, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, dishonor among criminals, juvenile delinquency, police corruption, assassination, crime scene, death, gang, dark humor, drug lord, temptation, bribery ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Most similar movies to Hell
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gangsters, gang, mafia, murder, violence, drugs and criminal heroes mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Hell: Herod's Law (1999), The Snitch Cartel (2011), City of God (2002), Scarface (1983), A Wonderful World (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.
Style:
realistic, political, biting, clever, witty ...
Plot:
politics, corruption, suspense, satire, small town, political corruption, mayor, greed, twists and turns, mafia, intrigue, catastrophe ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The real life story of Andres Lopez Lopez aka "Frecita" during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle"
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, violence, drugs, organized crime, rise to the top, colombian drug cartel, drug dealing, ambition, drug cartel, criminal heroes, money ...
Place:
colombia, latin america, new york, florida, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, bleak, stylized, dark ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gang, society, coming of age, organized crime, journalism, gang war, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, photographer, police corruption, gangsters, drug dealing ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil, south america, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, harsh, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, gunfight, drug lord, drug cartel, mob boss, cocaine, ambition, drug dealing, drug abuse, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, cuba, florida, bolivia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
Style:
humorous, captivating, disturbing, social, biting ...
Plot:
satire, society, social decay, mistaken identity, rich and poor, politics, political conspiracy, disorder, suicide, ambition, ego clash, state affairs ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime boss, gangsters, prison gang, prison, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, prison life, life is a bitch, dishonesty, drug dealing, gang, urban ghetto ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
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19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mike Sullivan spends his nights kidnapping runaways so his boss, Lamar, can turn them into prostitutes. He is a crack addict and a thief and he is in love with a resentful prostitute, Rhonda, who doesn't love him back. Although he has ...
Style:
captivating, tense, semi serious, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
gangsters, redemption, drug dealing, addiction, social decay, prostitution, corruption, dishonesty, vengeance, on the run, going straight, leadership ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france, new york
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19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Style:
road movie, disturbing, neo noir, biting, cynical ...
Plot:
gunfight, gangsters, death, cult, one man army, grave, prostitute, murder, prostitution, suspense, existentialism, insanity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
Style:
stylized, intense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
lone hero, revenge, dark hero, hitman, one against many, gunfight, musician, gangsters, dangerous attraction, drug lord, vengeance, loss of loved one ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Two gangsters, fighting for influence in the city, decide to get suitcases filled with money and drugs. Meanwhile, another criminal group has the same purpose.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, humorous, exciting
Plot:
gay, mafia, gangsters, drugs, money, friendship, gay interest, gay club, society, criminal heroes, male protagonist, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Former military extraction specialist Marcus Lombardi, whose only chance of saving his informant sister and their family is to track down a mysterious briefcase.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, tense, exciting, semi serious
Plot:
gangsters, junkyard, gambling debt, computer genius, safecracking, female assassin, corrupt cop, kidnapping, hitman, mercilessness, mafia, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tony (Mads Mikkelsen) is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, debt, drug dealing, drugs, going straight, criminal heroes, parent child relationship, friends, parents and children, life is a bitch, partners ...
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Jamaica
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
street gang, gangsters, gang violence, police chase, criminal heroes, social decay, immigrants, crime gone awry, fugitives, rivalry, partners, drug dealing ...
Place:
miami, usa, florida, jamaica
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18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jay Hernandez (Friday Night Lights), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Luis Guzmán (Carlito's Way) and Sean Combs (Monster's Ball) star in the gripping tale of the early years of gangster legend Carlito Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal ...
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, puerto rican, mafia, drug dealing, gang, master criminal, vengeance, best friends, betrayal, police corruption, criminal heroes, tragic hero ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new york state
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18%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, realistic
Plot:
gangsters, african american, dishonesty, drug dealing, partners, nothing goes right, disorder, unlikely criminals, ambition, criminal heroes, hip hop, gang ...
Place:
usa, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir, realistic ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, rivalry, gang war, crime boss, criminal underworld, gang, criminal syndicate, criminal heroes, love and romance, vengeance, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, mumbai india, hong kong, switzerland, kenya ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, frame up, racism, life is a bitch, police investigation, social decay, murder, false accusation, police corruption, dishonesty, legal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
This South African movie tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld. After cutting his teeth on hijacking, before moving onto bigger game, an ambitious man hits a setback when most of his gang are shot.
Style:
serious, rough, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, urban ghetto life, gang war, gang of thieves, gang, life is a bitch, ambition, buddies, thief, group of criminals, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
south africa, africa, johannesburg south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, realistic, political ...
Plot:
manipulation, journalism, media, media satire, political intrigue, political corruption, corrupt politician, campaign, dishonesty, state affairs, blackmail, governor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
9%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A corrupted customs officer, Choi Ik-hyeon, faces losing his job. Then, his life turns around as he meets ganster Choi Hyeong-bae who has connection with the Yakuza. They quickly form a partnetship; Hyeong-bae helps Ik-hyeon set up a business with ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, rise and fall, police, mafia, rise to the top, ambition, gang war, graphic violence, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, betrayal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
south korea, busan, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two rapper childhood friends turn to the quick and easy life of crime to support their needy parents. But after a foiled robbery, one of them is jailed while the other flees, changes his name, joins the military, and grows up to become a narcotics ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination, partners against crime, life is a bitch, buddies, criminal's revenge, police investigation, gang, criminal heroes, partners, rivalry, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style:
humorous, witty, clever, cynical, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, dark humor, crime gone awry, disorder, organized crime, twists and turns, nothing goes right, violent, drugs, gambling, friends, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
england, united kingdom, london, canada, europe
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17%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of America's most famous mobsters and their rise to power. Examine Al Capone's ascension through the eyes of his second in command, “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn.
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, atmospheric, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, mob boss, organized crime, criminal heroes, killings, corruption, politics, rivalry, crime boss, intrigue, business venture ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nordvest is a gangsterfilm set in the suburbs of Copenhagen. Casper (18), the oldest of 3 siblings, survives life on the streets by committing burglaries for the neighbourhood boss, Jamal. When Casper gets an offer to work for Jamal’s rival ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gangsters, gang, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, family problems, friendship, vengeance, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, brother sister relationship, drug dealer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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17%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two men jump out from behind some cacti and beat a man over the head with a rock. They then take the body to the dead man's hut, and sit with his body for the night while they talk, complain and dance. Later at the police station, two women ...
Style:
cynical, rough, humorous, biting, semi serious ...
Plot:
murder, police station, love triangle, dark humor, betrayal, widow, corpse, couples, unlikely partners, dealing with death, suspense, baseball ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, feminist film ...
Plot:
drug cartel, gangsters, rape, beauty pageant, follow your dream, blind ambition, audition, hopes, ambition, physical appearance, female nudity, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tijuana mexico, mexico, latin america
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17%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The taciturn police commander Zhang leads an undercover drugs team and in his continuous battle against the ubiquitous drug barons, takes up arms against his arch enemy, Timmy Choi. When he gets hold of Choi, he makes a deal with him: in exchange ...
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war on drugs, drug cartel, undercover, mole, whistleblower, criminal, criminal heroes, recruit, law enforcement, betrayal, dishonesty, drugs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
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17%
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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, enigmatic, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cia, suspense, swat team, drug cartel, revenge, black ops, fbi agent, drug smuggling, organized crime, fbi, crime boss, u.s. mexico border ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, texas, tucson arizona, arizona ...
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17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, corruption, irish mob, blackmail, love triangle, violence, gang, betrayal, twists and turns, mayor ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol has to adapt to survive as he contends with dangerous drug-runners and widespread corruption.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
drug cartel, police officer, woman with a gun, patrol, nihilism, police corruption, police detective, dark humor, law enforcement, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, innocence lost ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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