Movies like Caliber 9
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Caliber 9 (1972)
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Original name: Milano Calibro 9
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.
Style:
slasher, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, tragic ending, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, police, mafia, police officer, organized crime, female nudity, italian mafia, gunfight, brutality, blackmail, betrayal, nude, love, sex, prostitute, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rock, rivalry, strong violent content, dishonesty, criminal heroes, cons and scams, incompetent police, tough heroes, dancing ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about gangsters, violence, police officer, shot in the chest, blood, police and shot to death mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Caliber 9: The Italian Connection (1972), The Boss (1973), Violent Naples (1976), Contraband (1980), Street Law (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York ...
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boys' night
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gangsters, mafia, organized crime, hitman, police, police officer, manhunt, female nudity, revenge, drugs, italian mafia, pimp ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, europe, new york, milan italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A bomb attack in a cinema in Palermo kills all the fellows of Attardi's clan a part from Cocchi. He immediately understands that the author of the bomb attack is Daniello from Don Corrasco's clan. Cocchi is determined to revenge. His ...
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gangsters, mafia, exploitation, police, italian mafia, organized crime, police officer, martial arts, hitman, kidnapping, confined, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, sicily, europe, palermo italy
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84%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
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boys' night
Plot:
police, police officer, camorra, organized crime, mafia, car theft, italian mafia, undercover cop, police interrogation, gangsters, strong violent content, motorcycle chase ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, napoli italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cigarette smugglers in Naples run into problems with cocaine operations being set up by a rival smuggler. Full of violence, including a women's face being burned off with a blow torch and a graphic rape scene.
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realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, disturbing ...
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boys' night
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gangsters, mafia, chase, rape and revenge, rivalry, gang, law enforcement, drug dealing, track down, life is a bitch, police investigation, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, europe, napoli italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is probably the best example of a 70's Italian crime movie, though not the "best" movie of the genre (does that make sense?). It has, besides Saxon, an entirely Italian cast but most of them are pretty recognizable regulars in ...
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realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, cult film
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police officer, police, mafia, organized crime, gangsters, strong violent content, tough heroes, car chase, master criminal, vengeance, chase, against the rules ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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45%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.
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exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
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boys' night
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revenge, police, police officer, car chase, female nudity, lawyer, organized crime, corruption, rebellion, heist, graphic violence, nude ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob ...
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exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, police, gangsters, cons and scams, hitman, dealing with death, rivalry, dishonesty, gang, vengeance, criminal heroes ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything seems to go well until Luca falls for Maria Luisa. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
gambling, police, casino, poker, gangsters, dishonesty, love and romance, chase, on the run, fall in love, love triangle, cons and scams ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ex-football star turned skip-tracer, Turner specializes in bringing in the criminals police are too scared to chase, and when he's hired to capture sociopathic pimp Gator, he finds himself confronted by the most vicious killers in the ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his ...
Plot:
police, violent, revenge, heist, motorcycle, grudge, boat, bank robber, police officer, criminal gang, police officer killed, violent death ...
Place:
italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the midst of a violent gang war, a series of misfortunes threaten the fate of a gang boss and his mob.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
Style:
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boys' night
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Place:
italy, europe
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32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangerously.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, naples italy, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of a war between two crime families. The biker vows to get revenge by finding the kidnapped boy and destroying the two families.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, motorcycle, police officer, revenge, police, crime family, tough heroes, lone wolves, heroes, one man army, investigation, gangsters ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the ...
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neo noir, psychotronic, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1953, year 1965, year 1972 ...
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, california, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style:
stylized, tense, harsh, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
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70s, 1930s, 20th century
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new york, usa, new jersey, africa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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gangsters, revenge, organized crime, investigation, mafia, hitman, gang, murder, violent, car, british pub, whodunit ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Country: UK
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 83 min.
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Fresh out of the joint, young Ricco is eager to get home to see his family. He was cut loose a year early for good behavior, but it certainly wasn't good behavior that got him in the big house in the first place. Two years prior, Ricco took it ...
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Story:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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