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Dinner Rush (2000)
7K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa in New York? Anything but as tonight's guests include; a local police detective and his wife specially invited by the owner; on the balcony rival bookmaker gangsters from Queens who want to become partners in the restaurant; in the corner renowned food critic 'the food nymph' is her usual demanding self; and at the bar, seemingly unnoticed, is Ken. As the evening continues enter Duncan, inveterate gambler and sous-chef on-the-line in the frenetic kitchen downstairs, who acts as the catalyst that causes the evening to draw to its inevitable, explosive, deadly conclusion.
Style:
witty, stylized, realistic, humorous, clever, talky, semi serious, independent film, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gambling, mafia, hitman, gangster, cooking, organized crime, crime gone awry, complex characters, family relations, lifestyle, siblings relations, violent content, workplace, comedy of errors, workplace situations, wine, cooking and food, graphic violence, one day, caper, card playing, night, casino, gastronomy, confined space ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, talky, stylized and melancholic films with plots about gangster, mafia, murder, organized crime, betrayal, mob and dialogue mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Dinner Rush: Big Night (1996), Mad Dog and Glory (1993), Gun Shy (2000), The Pick-up Artist (1987), Rounders (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Primo & Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
Style:
sentimental, witty, sincere, melancholic, culinary ...
Plot:
food, cooking, chef, immigrant, italian restaurant, wine, restaurant, character study, self discovery, human nature, great ending, jazz ...
Time:
50s, year 1996, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
new jersey, usa, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive ...
Style:
sweet, erotic, clever, detective, neo noir ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in complete fear of trigger-happy Mafia leader Fulvio Nesstra, Charlie seeks psychiatric help and finds ...
Style:
humorous, talky, psychological, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot:
group therapy, shootout, workplace, psychiatrist, secrets, undercover cop, storytelling, introspection, special agent, mission gone awry, working undercover, undercover ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century
Place:
new york, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
Style:
melancholic, light, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
womanizer, fall in love, gambling, complex characters, life philosophy, debt, lone hero, brat pack, love and romance, looking for love, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, north america, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
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neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, poker, mafia, addiction, friendship, casino, voice over narration, underdog, card playing, buddies, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A beautiful Puerto Rican girl and her family in Spanish harlem devise a novel plan to attract business to their restaurant, causing a wildly comic sequence of events ending in near disaster.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film ...
Plot:
chaos and mayhem, family business, farce, disorder, family relations, nothing goes right, family life, down on your luck, murder, disaster, gangster, hitman ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, harlem
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, period piece, stylized, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, casino, gambling, biopic, organized crime, hollywood, rise and fall, ambition, love affair, elimination, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
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19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the real Brooklyn. Al and Gabriela become friendly but the ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
gangster, mafia, violent content, profanity, conspiracy, sexual content, tough heroes, hitman, vengeance, criminal heroes, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After an unfortunate incident causes him to leave the "family business" and move to Los Angeles, Vinny Pallazzo is living a quiet life. When his nephew, Anthony, moves in with him, Vinny slowly learns to live life to the fullest again. ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
bookstore, revenge, gang, gangster, haunted by the past, hopes, going straight, moral dilemma, introspection, redemption, criminal heroes, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The film follows the personal relationship between a father and his two sons, one of whom is a hit-man for the Russian mafia in Brooklyn.
Style:
erotic, bleak, disturbing, neo noir, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, hitman, immigrant, winter, jewish mob, russian mafia, sex scene, redemption, gangster, killer, making love, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, israel, usa, brooklyn new york city, tokyo ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
Style:
humorous, clever, romantic comedy, hilarious, witty ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, marriage proposal, mistaken identity, fish out of water, fbi, family relations, fall in love, comedy of errors, dishonesty, love and romance, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, kansas city, manhattan new york city, london
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any ...
Style:
black comedy, hood, funny, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
nightclub, gangster, urban, black, organized crime, african american, fight scenes, mobster, husband and wife, corruption, gang, hip hop ...
Time:
1930s, year 1989, 1920s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, north america ...
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, cynical, clever ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, gangster, love, kidnapping, battle of the sexes, sex scene, wedding, love at first sight, murder, manipulation, femme fatale ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, brooklyn new york city, usa, los angeles, new york ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, he meets Saeko, a striking young upper-class woman who is out seeking thrills, and whose presence adds ...
Style:
neo noir, noir, existential, black and white, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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18%
24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, neo noir, intense, talky, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Lou, a small time gangster who thinks he used to be something big, meets and falls for a sexy casino employee named Sally. She needs his help realizing her dream of going to Monte Carlo, a symbol of the glamorous life that she has been looking for ...
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, realistic, aesthetic, cynical ...
Plot:
casino, gangster, gambling, murder, older man younger woman relationship, drug, voyeurism, mafia, mobster, cocaine, passion, redemption ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, philadelphia, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city, california ...
Similarity:
18%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Nick Romano is a young Italian American fighting his own personal demons. He's got a chip on his shoulder and a lot to prove. Teamed with his crazy but always loyal partner Carlo, the two small time hoods are on the streets trying to hustle and ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
mafia, crime family, gangster, criminal heroes, couples, curses spells and rituals, organized crime, mobster, loyalty, crime boss, underworld, hustler ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, miami, new york
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to ...
Style:
sexy, independent film, light, intense, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college life, gambling, making love, gangster, mafia, mentor, crime gone awry, addiction, twists and turns, love triangle, comedy of errors, cheerleader ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
usa, boston, harvard university, las vegas
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
restaurant, food, cooking and food, couples, lifestyle, love, chef, cooking, friendship, society, backpacking, wine ...
Time:
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Place:
switzerland, europe
Similarity:
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613K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, meanwhile, is equally determined to track down their long lost ...
Style:
road movie, talky, witty, realistic, art house ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, transformation, family relations, parents and children, siblings relations, missing person, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, on the road, husband wife relationship, friendship, anarchist ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, maryland, pennsylvania, pittsburgh ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Brooklyn, 1985. With the mob world as a backdrop, three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty.
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, friendship, friends, mafia, love affair, coming of age, youth, murder, revenge, crime family, city life, danger ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 20th century, 70s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
family comedy, semi serious, realistic, talky, clever ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bookies, youth, gangster, gambling, parents and children, custody, unlikely partners, mischievous children, dishonesty, opposites attract, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
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Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, art house, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
nightclub, gambling, murder, female nudity, mafia, strip club, gambling debt, great ending, hitman, gangster, mobster, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, texas
Similarity:
17%
182K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his ...
Style:
sentimental, intense, suspense, hood, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, coming of age, mentor, gangster, organized crime, gang leader, father son relationship, mobster, african american, friendship, mob boss, white male black female relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state, new jersey
Similarity:
17%
2.2M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, atmospheric, epic, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, revenge, crime family, betrayal, mob boss, wedding, greed, pride and honor, cosa nostra, violence ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city, sicily ...
Similarity:
17%
383
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Angelo, together with a group of five other people, is ordered by his father, an Italian mobster, to kill the son of an enemy of his, who has destroyed one of his buildings with a bomb. The problems grow bigger when they discover that the person ...
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
child in peril, mobster, disorder, hitman, family relations, criminal's revenge, introspection, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
17%
112
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found
Style:
crime drama, tense, melancholic, noir, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, mafia, gangster, betrayal, violence, loneliness, tragic romance, character study, italian immigrant, urban, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York in 1930s. Details of the past of the brothers and their families are shown through a series of flashbacks.
Style:
surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, hood, philosophical ...
Plot:
murder, mafia, corpse, gangster, revenge, tragedy, grief, death of brother, suicide, brother brother relationship, organized crime, great depression ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, usa, london
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger profit, so Vinnie's expendable He's assigned a hotheaded kid, Tony, the nephew of a ...
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, bookies, loser, bet, dishonesty, life is a bitch, down on your luck, disorder, unlikely criminals, unlikely partners, moral dilemma, gangster ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, florida, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
17%
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