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Charlie Valentine (2009)
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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 out with his estranged son, Danny, played by Michael Weatherly. What ensues reveals the true nature of some of the most unsavory of characters.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, family relations, dishonesty, criminal heroes, betrayal, parents and children, strong violent content, disorder, crime gone awry, violence, mafia, robbery, nudity, profanity, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, bare breasts, shooting, blood, falling from height, bloodbath, shootout, bare butt, gangster, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about criminal heroes, dishonesty, gangster, heist, crime gone awry, betrayal and rivalry mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Charlie Valentine: Ready 2 Die (2014), Spanish Judges (2000), The Crew (2008), Chicago Overcoat (2009), Hand Gun (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, gangster, disorder, crime gone awry, on the run, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
california, south america, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
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 ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, gangster, gang, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, brother brother relationship, organized crime, lesbian, british gangster, mafia, crime family ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The fates of an aging hitman and a washed up detective become entwined when one last job leads to one last chance to settle an old score.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, hitman, rivalry, aging, elderly, one last chance, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, mafia, investigation, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
Plot:
female psychopath, heist, power relations, family relations, disorder, estrangement, riddles and clues, siblings relations, crime gone awry, dishonesty, on the run, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The plan was easy; the job was not. On a snowy night a tight crew of four criminals plan to pull off a routine heist. When things go horribly wrong, friendship, loyalty and trust are pushed to the limit.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, confined, crime gone awry, disorder, crime boss, dishonesty, criminal heroes, twists and turns, suspect, snow, organized crime, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
27%
352
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
on the run, mob boss, warehouse, gang, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, crime gone awry, betrayal, criminal heroes, going straight ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
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, brother brother relationship, double life, murder, crime boss, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, perverse, hood, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, betrayal, revenge, gangster, gang, robbery, murder, kidnapping, existentialism, money, chase, violence ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, florida, palm springs california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, miami
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
Style:
independent film, tense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
24%
22K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, chases and races, criminal heroes, dishonesty, crime gone awry, gangster, heist, partner, prisoner, criminal, disorder, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the American dream.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
mafia, ambition, starting over, going straight, hopes, lifestyle, profanity, criminal heroes, heist, crime family, money, hustler ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles, israel
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can't find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ten years after their casino heist, four escaped convicts trace their former partner to a desert town, where he is now a lawman with no memory of his criminal past.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, uncover truth, betrayal, dishonesty, small town, twists and turns, police shootout, chases and races, memory loss, violent content, profanity, police officer killed ...
Time:
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Place:
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Sinatra and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine and his father is married with the former prostitute Angie, and they have a little son. When a ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
pimp, prostitute, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, gambler, disorder, rivalry, danger, crime gone awry, drug dealing, gambling, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
brazil, sao paulo, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Paul and Georgia are lovers, soul mates...and partners in crime. But when this duplicitous duo tries to dupe the wrong man, they are ensnared in a world more dangerous than they could ever have imagined. Seduced into working for him on dangerous ...
Style:
independent film, talky, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, nightlife, love and romance, betrayal, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, forgery, dangerous attraction, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rise to the top, murderous pair ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Four young con artists start a top-secret money laundering scheme - and are slowly torn apart by their own greed and corruption.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, gangster, rise and fall, dishonesty, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, ambition, disorder, scheme, graphic violence, violent content, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style:
neo noir, hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art theft, murder, forgery, urban, highway, on the road, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, misfit partners, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former drug-dealer photojournalist (Michael Paré) returns to Los Angeles and helps friends terrorized by his ex-partner (Dennis Hopper).
Style:
erotic, neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle, female nudity, skinny dipping, beach, hitman, photojournalism, drug overdose, stolen money, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, on the run ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, betrayal, femme fatale, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, crime gone awry, casino, vampire, mugging, friends, police corruption, dishonesty ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Breaking Point" is a dramatic tale of corruption and self-realization, in which one man has to overcome a deep seeded conspiracy and his own lingering past in order to gain the redemption he desires.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, conspiracy, dishonesty, law enforcement, uncover truth, partner, unlikely partners, legal investigation, legal, redemption, strong violent content, gang leader ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-end existence in a cotton-mill town but get sucked into the seedy underbelly of organized crime when ...
Style:
captivating, bleak, tense, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
small town, juvenile delinquency, gangster, danger, friendship, love and romance, betrayal, love triangle, farm, rivalry, hot and sexy, jealousy ...
Place:
texas, britain, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, armored car robbery, lgbtq, robbery, father son relationship, gay subtext, lgbt, male homosexuality, confined, dishonesty, crime gone awry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
187
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
no overview found
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
black, wedding, gang, gangster, hitman, criminal heroes, dishonesty, social misfits, prostitute, rebelliousness, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
La historia comienza con un robo que se realiza en la Ciudad de México. La banda formada por Carlos, Leonardo, Mónica y Leserio habían pactado viajar a Argentina para lavar el dinero. Al llegar a Buenos Aires se encuentran en una guerra de mafias ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
bank robbery, crime gone awry, dishonesty, disorder, criminal heroes, violence, violent content, caper, mobster, shootout, gangster, ambush ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, mexico
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
unlikely criminals, gang, criminal's revenge, master criminal, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, stock broker, gambling, compulsive gambler, ex wife, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
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, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, criminal underworld, prison, criminal, gangster, crime gone awry, dishonesty, released from prison, corrupt cop, police detective, police investigation, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, los angeles, britain
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Residents of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen attempt to balance family and friendship against the harsh street life that unfolds around them
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Plot:
gangster, gang, irish mob, mafia, fight, mafioso, city life, criminal, crime boss, caper, urban setting, gangsta ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
19%
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