Movies like Suburra
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Suburra (2015)
21K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, factual
Plot:
mafia, corruption, politics, revenge, prostitute, female nudity, drug overdose, church, murder, threesome, political corruption, gangsters, violence, sex scene, sea, drug addict, male nudity, heroin, rain, funeral, blackmail, death of father, seaside, escort, underage sex ...
Time:
year 2011
Place:
rome italy, italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about mafia, gangsters, murder, violence, police officer, organized crime and police mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Suburra: Dogman (2018), The Traitor (2019), Excellent Cadavers (1999), Traffic Department (2012), Savage (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, dark, breathtaking ...
Plot:
dog, revenge, cocaine, father daughter relationship, robbery, humiliation, drugs, prison, violence, death, suspense, drug dealing ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police brutality, police, fighting crime, teaching the ways of the world, society, law enforcement, demonstration, police officer, vigilantism, group of friends, violence, slum ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to ...
Style:
realistic, intense, captivating, factual
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, cosa nostra, informant, organized crime, judge, assassination attempt, assassination, murder, death threat, court, italian history ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s, year 1980 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, miami, rio de janeiro ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, italian mafia, cosa nostra, organized crime, suspense, sicilian mafia, historical figure, italian history, state affairs, rivalry, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Seven policemen, seven deadly sins, a murder case, secrets and the filth of everyday police work: Traffic Department transports the viewer into the darkest Warsaw streets.
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative
Plot:
adultery, marriage, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, violence, infidelity, winter, polish, racism, snow, police, interrogation ...
Place:
poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like The Godfather
762
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An exploration of masculinity and violence. A story of obsession and revenge, as a man tries to come to terms with a brutal, random attack and it's consequences.
Style:
disturbing, tense, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
revenge, anger, hate, fear, violence, post traumatic stress disorder, brutality, mentally unstable, psychotherapy, vengeance, survival, rape and revenge ...
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
The Lebanese has a dream: to conquer the underworld of Rome. To carry out this feat without precedent he puts together a ruthless and highly organized gang. Their progress and changes in leadership take place over 25 years, from the 1970s into the ...
Style:
serious, stylized, captivating, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, police investigation, criminal heroes, partners, leadership, rivalry, law enforcement, ransom, drug dealing, inspector, italian mafia ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film shows the difficulties of an honest, imperiled judge and his bodyguard of four men, trying to clean up a Sicilian town. Corrupt local politicians, working hand-in-hand with the Mafia, will stop at nothing to prevent exposure of their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
italian mafia, gangsters, organized crime, assassination, politics, police corruption, political conspiracy, life turned upside down, political corruption, dedicated lawyer, legal, state affairs ...
Time:
90s
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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222K
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, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, nightclub, suspense, tragic hero, drug dealing, drugs, gang, gunfight, prison, violence ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time ...
Style:
atmospheric, harsh, bleak, tense, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, vengeance, organized crime, criminal's revenge, bank robbery, hitman, murder, revenge, on the run, coming of age, violence ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1931
Place:
illinois, usa, chicago illinois, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Police Officer faces difficulties when investigating a Mafia murder in a small Sicilian town. A businessman is murdered for refusing to join a Mafia-controlled group and although he suspects the Mafia are involved he can find no witnesses or ...
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, italian mafia, police, suspense, organized crime, police officer, card playing, police investigation, carabinieri, murder
Place:
italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
452
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A failed porn actor, working as an enforcer for a mafia kingpin, finds himself confronted with an all-out turf war after an errand goes drastically wrong. Going on the run is his only option.
Style:
psychological, exciting, suspenseful, touching, tense
Plot:
mafia, betrayal, violence, death, rivalry, organized crime, revenge, heroes, gang war, chase, murder, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
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Story:
Romanzo Criminale – La serie - is a television series Italian based on the eponymous novel by judge Giancarlo De Cataldo, and it is the second adaptation of the film Romanzo Criminale directed by Michele Placido. The first series quickly achieved ...
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, gangsters, mafia, organized crime, criminal heroes, drug dealing, law enforcement, dishonesty, police detective, police, violence, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, serial rapist, rape, psychopath, hostage, police, confined, child in peril, violence, police officer, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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, brutal, tense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, robbery, gambling, mafia, organized crime, hitman, heist, murder, brutality, crime gone awry, gang, violence ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and raising a family with his wife Bev. But when his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, ...
Style:
neo noir, surreal, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, murder, organized crime, prison, betrayal, suspense, vengeance, undercover agent, mafia, heist, violence, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Neo-Noir film told in three interlacing chapters: Eric is a dead man and he knows it. Death is imminent and he must make amends for his past sins, by killing those who wronged him, no matter the price: A wiseguy willing to do anything to move up ...
Style:
dark, neo noir, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangsters, criminal, police, revenge, mob boss, murder, city, family relations, stripper, mafia, mexican standoff, violence ...
Place:
boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, politics, italian mafia, mafia, wedding, against the odds, drug abuse, frame up, hip hop, political corruption, rebellion, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, italy, sicily, palermo italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, clever, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, corruption, smuggling, tough cop, tough law enforcer, gunfight, suspense, prohibition, tax evasion, prohibition era ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, corruption, irish mob, blackmail, love triangle, violence, gang, betrayal, twists and turns, mayor ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style:
neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political corruption, murder, investigation, suspense, police, gangsters, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, partners against crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Style:
neo noir, bleak, disturbing, serious, tense ...
Plot:
gangsters, russian, russian mafia, brutality, suspense, mob boss, prostitution, male nudity, murder, twists and turns, death in childbirth, child prostitute ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, canada, st. petersburg russia, europe ...
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18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, undercover, family relations, homecoming, haunted by the past, special agents, law enforcement, marines, desert, family dinner, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1984
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, prison, police officer, female nudity, revenge, assassination, blackmail, heroes, chase, kidnapping, murder, friendship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, milan italy, paris france ...
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18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, interrogation, suspense, violence, investigation, complex characters, justice, character study, vengeance, drug dealer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, melbourne australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Romania
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
gangsters, criminal, kidnapping, murder, master criminal, gang, confined, romancing a criminal, prison, controversy, mafia, bank robber ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangerously.
Style:
perverse, psychotronic, cult film
Plot:
police, police officer, buddy cop, police brutality, spy, undercover police officer, undercover agent, mafia, prostitute, violence, corrupt cop, rape ...
Place:
italy, rome italy
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18%
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, serious, tense, intense ...
Plot:
drug lord, mafia, gangsters, mob boss, gunfight, robbery, bank robbery, life philosophy, organized crime, suspense, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s, 90s, 80s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications--and many bloody shootouts-ensue.
Style:
neo noir, noir, perverse
Plot:
mafia, police, car chase, hitman, police officer, italian mafia, revenge, lgbt, killer, murder of son, sauna, murder of wife ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, copenhagen, milan italy, hamburg germany, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry ...
Style:
exciting, tense, talky, clever, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, robbery, suspense, political corruption, blackmail, organized crime, murder, gangsters, chase, crime gone awry, storage unit ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
london, england, new jersey, boston, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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