Movies like The Unscrupulous Ones

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The Unscrupulous Ones (1962)
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The Unscrupulous Ones (1962)
Original name: Os Cafajestes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This film captures the criminal behavior of two young Copacabana thugs (the "cafajestes"). The two plan a blackmail coup against a rich old man, using nude pictures of a lady on a deserted beach. But things don't always happen as planned.
Style: tense, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual
Plot: beach, rich and poor, society, nothing goes right, disorder, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, nudity, thief, female nudity, criminal, photographer, yacht, wealth, flirting, blackmail, bribery, humiliation, violent man, fort, woman in a bikini, sexual tension, machismo, skinny dipping ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil

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Most similar movies to The Unscrupulous Ones

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about dishonesty, female nudity, nudity, murder, crime gone awry, criminal heroes and society mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Unscrupulous Ones: Lucio Flavio (1977), Assault on the Pay Train (1962), Midnight (1998), Sons and Lovers (1982), Between the Canals (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lucio Flavio (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 118 min.
Story: History of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies and his fight against a death squad.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, rough, suspenseful
Plot: alienation, legal, mobster, nudity, female pubic hair, male pubic hair, male nudity, fugitive, dirty cop, bank robbery, violent content, police corruption ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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95%
Assault on the Pay Train (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Film about the true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: heist, train, slum, railway, social injustice, mobster, danger, criminal heroes, gang, chases and races, crime gone awry, disorder ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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87%
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Midnight (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Brazil
Duration: 75 min.
Story: On December 31st 1999, destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone.
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: slum, escape, prison, hopes, beach, urban ghetto life, destiny, innocence lost, human nature, society, fugitives, stalking ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Sons and Lovers (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: During a weekend in a country house, young people eager for strong emotions end up switching partners and experimenting drugs.
Style: sexual, serious, gloomy, bleak, realistic
Plot: nudity, drug abuse, twentysomething life, life is a bitch, couples, sexual relations, couple relations, public nudity, cheating girlfriend, male full rear nudity, heroin, skinny dipping ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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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
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59%
Question of Luck (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the Spanish neo-noir film Question of Luck Julio (Eduardo Noriega) is at a turning point in his life. His fish farm business has collapsed, and his attractive fiancee, Concha (Leire Berrocal) is pushing Julio to get married. But Julio seems ...
Style: sexy, tense, mind bending, realistic, serious ...
Plot: woman seduces a man, older woman younger man relationship, nudity, jewelry, disorder, couples, power relations, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, betrayal, crime gone awry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: spain
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56%
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Tropical Snow (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: New York is the dream city of Tavo and Marina, where the lovers hope to start a better life; at home in Bogota they have to work as pocket pickers at the airport to support their families. Dealer Oskar can persuade them to smuggle drugs in their ...
Style: independent film, neo noir, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: lovers on the run, erotica, nudity, beach, punishment, poison, airport, thief, violent content, drug dealing, young lovers, love and romance ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Hollywood Flies (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Life is the buzz.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, chase, crime gone awry, murder, heist, couples, hitman, danger, dishonesty, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, missing person ...
Place: las vegas, usa, los angeles, nevada
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53%
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Woman, Woman (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Recently turned into a widow, Alice (Helena Ramos) goes to the country to think about her life. There, she's courted by Luis Carlos (Carlos Casan), but falls in love with Marta (Petty Pesce). However, Jumbo, a horse, also arouses strange ...
Style: controversial, psychological, realistic, erotic, sexual ...
Plot: bestiality, nudity, sexual relations, farm, dealing with death, female pubic hair, woman riding a horse, beastiality, male full rear nudity, skinny dipping, fire, sex scene ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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9 mm (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The suburb that is a society in a society, a place where young guys do anything for respect. A place where criminality and violence is a part of life. The movie is about Malik, a guy without family and land of origin, and who has made crime and ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, rough
Plot: crime gone awry, going straight, fall in love, drug dealing, society, gang, criminal heroes, heist, life turned upside down, safecracker, romancing a criminal, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.2
 16K
City of Men (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Style: tense, bleak, harsh, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: friendship, street gang, slum, betrayal, coming of age, favela, relationships, best friend, character study, brutality, storytelling, adaptation ...
Time: year 2008, year 2007, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Snow Job (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A famous skier (Jean-Claude Killy), his mistress (Danièle Gaubert) and a ski instructor (Cliff Potts) rob a bank in the Alps and hide the loot in a crevasse.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: caper, insurance investigator, ski resort, skiing, resort, conspiracy, mountain, disorder, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: alps, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Ruthless (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets ...
Style: realistic, harsh, suspense, serious, tense ...
Plot: drug lord, mafia, mob boss, italian mafia, bank robbery, gunfight, robbery, anti hero, mobster, life philosophy, organized crime, ambition ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 60s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
I Corrupt All Cops (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the early 1970s, the Governor of Hong Kong decided to clean up the police force. The ICAC was established, whose operation branch was headed by Yim. Bong and Unicorn also joined the ICAC. Despite threats of violence and intimidation, they managed ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: drug dealing, police investigation, police corruption, rivalry, gang, money laundering, society, cop, dishonesty, strong violent content, profanity, scapegoat ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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43%
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Swerve (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but unhurt; the other has been killed instantly. Beside the dead body is a briefcase full of money, which ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dishonesty, betrayal, police corruption, disorder, twists and turns, rivalry, cons and scams, small town, car accident, chase, desert, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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42%
The Angel Was Born (1969)
Genre: Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who ...
Plot: gay, gay subtext, violence, blood, murder, criminal, surrealism, angel, gay sex, religion, homosexuality, hiding place ...
Place: brazil
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42%
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Deadfall (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is ...
Style: stylized, suspenseful, realistic, serious, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, gangster, criminal heroes, cons and scams, crime gone awry, uncle nephew relationship, greed, danger, fight scenes, tribe, buddies, drug ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
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41%
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Squatters (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A wealthy couple from the Pacific Palisades discovers homeless young lovers have moved into their home.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Plot: homelessness, young lovers, couples, couple relations, domestic disturbance, danger, rich and poor, violent content, profanity, homeless, criminal, graphic violence ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Man of Violence (1970)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Moon (Michael Latimer) is a mercenary who joins forces with two crooked cops in an attempt to steal 90 million dollars in gold from an Arab country decimated by political chaos. Sex, violence and mayhem accompany the group of double-crossing heavies ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female nudity, crooked cop, nudity, violent content, gangster, heist, twists and turns, cons and scams, dishonesty, criminal heroes, betrayal, manipulation ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, africa, morocco
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38%
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Bummer 2 (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The film takes place a few years after the events shown in Bummer. Kostyan "Kot", who lost all his friends, the woman he loved and was nearly killed in the first installment of the film tries to begin a new, peaceful life. But is it ...
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: starting over, haunted by the past, gangster, car, car trip, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, on the road, travel, mafia, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
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38%
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Adrift (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A 1980s-set drama about a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening when she learns about her father's infidelities.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, touching, teen ...
Plot: infidelity, beach house, coming of age, teenage sexuality, father daughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, parent child relationship, family problems, dishonesty, love, youth ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america
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36%
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 3K
Blind Shaft (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.
Style: realistic, psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot: miner, murder, disaster, teenage life, rich and poor, cons and scams, dishonesty, hidden identity, investigation, serial killer, teenage boy, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 1K
Grand Slam (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to put together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival. Four international experts ...
Style: poliziottesco, grindhouse, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, robbery, criminal, bank robber, twins, professor, chase, gang, safecracker, diamond theft, diamonds ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: brazil, las vegas, italy, rio de janeiro, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Grand Pardon (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Le clan Bettoun : Raymond (le patriarche), Maurice (le fils), Jacky (le neveu), Roland (le neveu), Albert (le cousin de Raymond), Pépé (l'ami de Raymond), Samy (le garde du corps) sont un clan familial de caïds pieds-Noirs juifs du crime ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, police detective, family relations, family business, family life, interracial relations, gangster, violent content, murder of a nude woman ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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2:22 (2008)
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, crime gone awry, confined, disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, twists and turns, suspect, organized crime, snow, delinquent, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.3
 2K
Call Girl (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land-use regulations. He hires Maria, a beautiful and elegant prostitute, to seduce the mayor, leaving ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: prostitute, love and romance, police investigation, dangerous attraction, police detective, blackmail, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement, ambition, lifestyle, political corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portugal, europe, lisbon portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.4
 10K
Straight Time (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: prison, parole officer, robbery, bank robbery, murder, friendship, crime gone awry, going straight, dishonesty, life is a bitch, bank, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.9
 9K
Pixote (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by ...
Style: disturbing, depressing, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Plot: prostitution, street kid, sex with a minor, boy, coming of age, children, anal rape, child rape, breast feeding, loneliness, homeless, tragedy ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place: brazil, latin america, rio de janeiro, africa, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.6
 880
Tick Tock (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Stunning trophy wife Rachel Avery is stuck in a cold, loveless marriage with her millionaire husband, Holden. So when Holden goes away on a trip, Rachel hooks up with her close friend Carla, and the two hatch a plan to murder Holden and collect on ...
Style: erotic, rough, tense, sexy, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, private detective, betrayal, power relations, sex, couples, infidelity, lesbian, blackmail, private investigator, home invasion, legal ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Trespasser (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Estevão , Ivan e Gilberto são companheiros desde os tempos de faculdade e sócios de uma construtora de sucesso há mais de 15 anos. O relacionamento entre eles sempre foi muito bom, até que um desentendimento na condução dos negócios faz com ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: hitman, murder, crime gone awry, cons and scams, social differences, betrayal, dishonesty, society, partner, blackmail, friends, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
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