Movies like Pusher 2012

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Pusher (2012)
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Pusher (2012)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In London, a drug dealer grows increasingly desperate over the course of a week after a botched deal lands him in the merciless clutches of a ruthless crime lord. The more desperate his behavior, the more isolated he becomes until there is nothing left standing between him and the bullet his debtors intend to fire his way.
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, hood, realistic, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, freeze frame
Plot: strip club, drug dealing, gangster, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, on the run, chase, danger, nothing goes right, disorder, violence, drug dealer, debt, money problems, betrayal, interrogation, ghetto, gang, violent, drug, chases and races, urban, violent content, drug lord, party ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: london, england, east end london
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gangster, gang, criminal heroes, murder, violence, betrayal and drug dealing mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Pusher: Black's Game (2012), Essex Boys (2000), The Counselor (2013), Pimp (2010), Sugarhouse (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Pusher (1996)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Style: tense, atmospheric, intense, talky, captivating ...
Plot: heroin, gangster, drug dealing, organized crime, drug, mafia, character study, drug addiction, drug dealer, hitman, visceral, tragedy ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place: denmark, scandinavia, bolivia, copenhagen, europe
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Black's Game (2012)
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, gang, suicide, nightclub, new year's eve ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 20th century
Place: iceland, scandinavia, europe, reykjavik iceland
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100%
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Essex Boys (2000)
Genre: Action, 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: suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, murder, police, criminal's revenge, ambition, gang, criminal heroes, vengeance, rise and fall, rivalry, female pubic hair, british gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Counselor (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Style: neo noir, talky, bleak, suspense, philosophical ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: drug cartel, cocaine, lawyer, greed, betrayal, brutality, gratuitous violence, drug traffic, drug dealing, runaway, moral ambiguity, femme fatale ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: mexico, peru, texas, usa, chicago ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Pimp (2010)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A week in the life of Woody; a Soho pimp, as seen through the eyes of concealed documentary cameras: A week which spirals brutally out of control.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pimp, gangster, danger, prostitute, nothing goes right, disorder, found footage, fetish, sexuality, nudity, violent content, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Sugarhouse (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Tom is a middle-class city boy whose life has reached breaking point. he thinks D - a young desperate drug addict can give him what he needs. But what D’s offering comes with more than just a price tag…. Tom is completely out of his depth when ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, hood ...
Plot: gangster, hitman, psychopath, master criminal, drug dealing, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, love affair, drug abuse, addiction, collision, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Played (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot: murder, prison, criminal underworld, criminal heroes, criminal, gangster, crime gone awry, dishonesty, released from prison, corrupt cop, police detective, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, europe, los angeles, britain
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22%
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Empire (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top Victor soon finds out that he has ...
Style: intense, stylized, melancholic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, organized crime, gangster, greed, twists and turns, drug dealing, wall street, ghetto, criminal heroes, going straight, cons and scams, mafia ...
Time: year 2002
Place: usa, new york, miami, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Hyena (2014)
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: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, gangster, murder, drug dealing, danger, police investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, gang, drug, human trafficking, corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Business (2005)
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: captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rise and fall, drug dealing, organized crime, drug dealer, femme fatale, on the run, gangster, drug abuse, murder, british gangster, ambition, friendship ...
Time: 80s, year 2005, 20th century
Place: colombia, britain, england, spain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Crime Insiders (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A Parisian criminal gang fall apart after challenges to the gang's leader lessen his influence.
Style: realistic, rough, bleak, tense, serious ...
Plot: gangster, gang, criminal heroes, master criminal, danger, prison, real world, nudity, rivalry, hitman, right hand man, strong violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, africa, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
King of New York (1990)
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, hood, intense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, organized crime, drug lord, mob boss, gangster, murder, chase, violence, african american gangster, cocaine, drug, urban ...
Time: year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: new york, italy, usa, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Puzzle (2006)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Five strangers, each with his own special talents, are recruited by the mysterious 'X'. They do not know why they are brought together, but nonetheless agree to a series of potentially lucrative schemes. A planned bank robbery goes awry ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, crime gone awry, suspicion, master criminal, undercover, dishonesty, law enforcement, race against time, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Sleepless Night (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Vincent is a crooked cop whose drug heist goes wrong when he is stabbed and the criminals he is robbing discover his identity. Vincent escapes with a huge bag of cocaine, but discovers his loot belongs to a powerful mob boss who kidnaps ...
Style: tense, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, nightclub, kidnapping, law enforcement, crime gone awry, family in danger, cop as target, chase, rivalry, drug dealing, corrupt law enforcer, police corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Shifty (2008)
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, suspense, dark ...
Plot: dealer, police, betrayal, haunted by the past, urban, save the day, rivalry, gangsta, ghetto, gang, danger, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)
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, suspenseful, stylized, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: puerto rican, gangster, mafia, gang, drug dealing, police corruption, master criminal, betrayal, vengeance, best friend, rise to the top, tragic hero ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Crew (2008)
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, crime drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, betrayal, dishonesty, gang, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, brother brother relationship, lesbian, organized crime, british gangster, mafia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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19%
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Ready 2 Die (2014)
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, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, profanity, gangster, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Wild Card (2004)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young, beautiful wife cheating on her rich, older husband amidst the neon lights of Las Vegas. Four men hired to do a job, but there is a traitor in their midst. Adultery, betrayal, kidnapping and murder lead to the ultimate double cross and no ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, gangster, tough heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, betrayal, confined, danger, woman in danger, gambling, disorder, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, nevada
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18%
Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A debt collector for the mob (Academy Award(R)-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr.) finds his fate taking a series of treacherous turns after his powerful boss and mentor (Miguel Ferrer) is caught in a dangerous double cross with the most dangerous drug dealer ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, drug dealing, gangster, gunfight, tough heroes, rivalry, criminal heroes, chases and races, violence spree, vengeance, gang, hitman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, cuba
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18%
Charlie Valentine (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dishonesty, criminal heroes, heist, family relations, strong violent content, betrayal, crime gone awry, parents and children, disorder, violence, mafia, robbery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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I Against I (2012)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Focusing on the timeless themes of jealousy, murder and betrayal, 'I Against I' is set over one night and utilises different time lines to reveal a dark and unexpected conclusion to a simple mystery premise. The main protagonists, opposite ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot: twists and turns, gangster, betrayal, survival, danger, trapped, rivalry, murder, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Born to Raise Hell (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A hard core Interpol Agent is assigned to an Eastern European task force to target gun trafficking and dope running throughout the Balkans. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and ...
Style: serious, rough, suspense, tense, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, gangster, loss of partner, law enforcement, chases and races, danger, revenge, brutality, martial arts, violence, murder, ghetto ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, bucharest, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Carlito's Way (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
Style: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gangster, mafia, nightclub, tragic hero, drug dealing, mobster, drug, gunfight, violence, prison, drug lord ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1975
Place: new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: robbery, gambling, gangster, organized crime, hitman, brutality, assassin, mafia, violence, murder, crime gone awry, gang ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, orlando florida, florida
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18%
Bonded by Blood (2010)
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
Plot: gang, rise and fall, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal heroes, vengeance, drug dealing, ambition, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Illegal Tender (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, on the run, pregnancy, haunted by the past, rivalry, vigilantism, drug dealing, revenge, murder, death of father, danger, urban ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: puerto rico, usa, latin america, new york, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
N.Y.C. Underground (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Wealthy, Manhattanite brothers Dylan, Logan and a group of their friends head to Brooklyn for a concert when they meet notorious gangster, Simon and make an ill-advised deal with him. Soon, things go wrong and now the group is desperately running ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, crime gone awry, survival, on the run, chase, disorder, danger, escapades, chases and races, isolation, drug dealing, confined ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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By the Gun (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A rising Boston gangster (Ben Barnes) endangers those around him when he starts to make moves without the knowledge of his boss (Harvey Keitel).
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, interesting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gangster, violence, gang, criminal heroes, revenge, father son relationship, betrayal, double life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, crime boss, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Dead Man Running (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part mission in order to raise the cash before it's too late for them both
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, hood, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, buddies, ultimatum, loan, robbery, british gangster, ghetto, violence, badass, gangsta, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, britain, london, europe, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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