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Gangsterland (2010)
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Gangsterland (2010)
Original name: Sortie 67
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Ronald, an eight year-old biracial boy, sees his life turning upside down after witnessing the brutal murder of his mother by his father. Often moved from one foster home to the next, Ronald is recruited by a street gang where he dwells in a life of crime and violence. As he waits for his father to be released to avenge his mother, he realizes that he doesn't have to follow his father's footsteps or the path chosen for him. Against all odds, he takes control of his own destiny. His awakening to new humane values enables him to change change course despite the obvious risk of losing the only family he has ever known.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, tense, rough, suspenseful
Plot: gangster, gang, going straight, parents and children, life is a bitch, society, family relations, death of mother, revenge, held captive, children, hopes, rape, prostitute, female nudity, stripper, cocaine, gang rape, father son relationship, drug dealing, social worker, mixed race child, strip club, loss of mother, murder of mother ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: canada, montreal, montreal quebec canada
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, life is a bitch, gang, parents and children, rivalry, criminal heroes and family relations mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Gangsterland: Outlaw Country (2012), The Last Hit Man (2008), Sarkar Raj (2008), Night Zoo (1987), Everyday Black Man (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Outlaw Country (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty where music, love, hope and tragedy collide. Created as a pilot for a TV Series which was not taken up, this has now been aired as a TV Movie.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family relations, gang, parents and children, love and romance, danger, society, violent content
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004)
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: crime boss, gangster, prison gang, prison, criminal heroes, juvenile delinquency, prison life, life is a bitch, gang, dishonesty, drug dealing, urban ghetto ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
The Last Hit Man (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ageing hit man, Harry, has just botched a job and is now the target. His daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too. A young hit man called Billy is sent to take Harry out but they form an uneasy alliance...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: hitman, rivalry, family relations, danger, partner, parents and children, terminal illness, killer, save the day, murder, assassin, contract killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Sarkar Raj (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The politically influential Shankar Nagre agrees to back a power plant scheme presented by corporate hotshot Anita Rajan; providing their enemies, which include upcoming political firebrands, an embezzling facilitator and shady businessmen with a ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: politics, hitman, assassination, conspiracy, gangster, cons and scams, proposal, dishonesty, gang, parents and children, family problems, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Night Zoo (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Marcel (Gilles Maheu) emerges from prison in hopes of a reconciliation with his dying father Albert (Roger Le Bel) in this thrilling crime drama. Raped in prison, Marcel encounters a homosexual cop involved with drug smuggling who presses him for ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: lgbtq, lgbt, men's rights, zoo, gay, parents and children, heist, drug abuse, prison, terminal illness, family life, homecoming ...
Time: 80s
Place: quebec, montreal, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Everyday Black Man (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Since closing the door to a violent past, quiet and thoughtful Moses Stanton everyday existence is running a small neighborhood store, and watching over his daughter who doesn't know he exists. When a young man, Malik, comes in claiming to be a ...
Style: realistic, tense, captivating, exciting, psychological ...
Plot: forced into action, drug dealing, going straight, social relations, family relations, store, small town, parents and children, society, profanity, muslim, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Mexican Gangster (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Johnny Sun is a Mexican American with a white mother and Mexican dad. He witnesses his parents murder and gets his revenge years later, leading to a hard life as a gangster in drugs and smuggling. He tries to keep his borther from the life and finds ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, gang, society, urban ghetto, family relations, going straight, murder, smuggling, revenge, brother brother relationship, gangsta ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Now or Never (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: As a mother, in principle, you do not rob banks. But these days, it can be a solution for the future of your home, and not to give up on your dreams. Playing the thieves can quickly become dangerous and bad encounters can turn into a love story ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, tense, serious ...
Plot: family relations, parents and children, unemployment, down on your luck, family in crisis, society, plan, bankruptcy, danger, black, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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East End Hustle (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Group of prostitutes who rely on each other to revolt against their sinister pimps. Their bid for freedom turns much more dangerous than they ever imagined.
Style: independent film, sexy, serious, erotic, realistic ...
Plot: rescue, rape, revenge, pimp, prostitution, vigilante, exploitation, revolution, sexual abuse, rebellion, prostitute, vengeance ...
Time: 70s
Place: canada, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 4.3
 725
Five Thirteen (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: starting over, going straight, hopes, family relations, parents and children, released from prison, father daughter relationship, false accusation, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, violent content, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.2
 208
Stryker (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The film follows a 14-year-old arsonist in Winnipeg who becomes involved in a turf war between the Indian Posse and the Asian Bomb Squad (a now defunct Filipino gang). He is known only as Stryker, a slang term for a prospective gang member.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot: gang, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, rivalry, life is a bitch, danger, youth, coming of age, society, urban ghetto life, nudity, innocence lost ...
Time: 21st century
Place: winnipeg, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Between the Canals (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Three small time criminals from Dublin's North Inner City each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, working class, urban ghetto life, moral dilemma, society, crime gone awry, drug dealing, unemployment, police detective, life is a bitch, downfall, st. patrick's day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Baseline (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot: gang, gangster, breakup, moral dilemma, rivalry, murder, love and romance, danger, hitman, master criminal
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Consignment (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, gangster, on the run, going straight, police investigation, starting over, gang, hitman, criminal's revenge, rivalry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Place: california, usa
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56%
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 3K
Monga (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Set in the 1980s, “Monga” centers on five boys (Mosquito, Monk, Dragon, White Monkey and A-Lan) who join the "Gang of Princes" who are tired of being pushed around. As the "Gang of Princes" rise in stature, they come into ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Two Coyotes (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A drug runner takes over a lucrative drug business only to find his new found empire crumble when a deal goes bad.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, betrayal, rivalry, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, addiction, criminal heroes, going straight, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
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52%
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Pusher II (2004)
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, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, gangster, debt, drug dealing, going straight, criminal heroes, male nudity, nudity, male pubic hair, parent child relationship, friends, parents and children ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.1
 168
Bumrush (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Story: En 2011, une série d'opérations policières allait déstabiliser le milieu criminel de Montréal qui était alors dominé par les motards et la mafia italienne. Suite au vacuum provoqué par les rafles, tous les signes indiquaient ...
Style: tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: When East Baltimore drug King Pin, Ontario Banks (Nelson Irizarry) decides he wants total control of the entire city-wide drug trade, he enlists the help of his closest friends, Lucky (Micaiah Jones), Vince (Chris Clanton) and Littles (Kelvin Page), ...
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
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50%
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 429
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
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49%
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Sous X (2015)
Genre: Drama
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Story: Jean-Jacques spent 9 years in prison for robbery. When he comes out, he finds the neighborhood where he grew up but things have changed ... The country is in crisis, the young people are holding the business and his old friends are urging him to ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Audience: boys' night
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49%
Before I Self Destruct (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, ...
Style: hood, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 95 min.
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45%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who changes his life. Now a reformed man, James is released only to find that his own son has ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, rough, crime drama ...
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Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 4.8
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Unthinkable (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Overdomineering female police detective Jamie McDowell still tries to run her 19-year old only son Peter's life although he is a builder who lives alone. She strongly opposes his engagement to Kelly Shaw, who he doesn't know very long, and ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense
Plot: burned alive, uncover truth, police investigation, police detective, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, family problems, murder, law enforcement, single parent, domineering mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.3
 754
B.U.S.T.E.D (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Everybody Loves Sunshine (released in the United States as B.U.S.T.E.D.), is a 1999 British independent film written and directed by Andrew Goth, and starring Rachel Shelley, David Bowie and Goldie. In the Pepperhill Estate of Manchester, an ...
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Audience: boys' night
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 3K
A Quiet Life (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: tense, serious, rough, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: murderer, father son relationship, gangster, hitman, hidden identity, parents and children, family relations, dishonesty, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, secret past, dark past ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.9
 667
My Kingdom (2001)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters. Kath runs a brothel down by the docks, Tracy owns a soccer team and Jo, a ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic
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Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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