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Pickings (2018)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When a short-tempered mobster and his gang of thugs try to shake down a neighborhood bar, they're soon confronted with the wrath of its owner - a mysterious southern mother with a dangerous past.
Style:
neo noir, noir, exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, independent film
Plot:
revenge, redneck, mafia, psychotic, gangster, bandit, heroes, violence, death, murder, crime boss, brutality, chase, organized crime, vengeance, rivalry, female protagonist, gang war, mercilessness, woman in danger, crime family, criminal heroes, mother, daughter, mother child relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Pickings
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about revenge, murder, gangster, mafia, death, brutality and crime boss mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Pickings: A Life Not to Follow (2015), Avenge the Crows (2017), Durant's Never Closes (2016), 2 Dead 2 Kill (2013), Black Luck (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, criminal, revenge, police, city, mob boss, murder, family relations, stripper, violence, death, mexican standoff ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former gang member and her young cousin become embroiled in a vendetta between L.A. gangs, as rivals seek revenge for old crimes.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama
Plot:
crime family, revenge, murder, gangster, gang war, betrayal, society, heroes, brutality, family relations, death, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, south america
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44%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery. Direced by Travis Mills.
Style:
tense, suspense, contemplative, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, pride and honor, mercilessness, friendship, chase, betrayal, crime family, society, gang war, violence, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ex-narc finds a journal written in code, leading to the whereabouts of a stash of stolen drugs.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
treasure hunt, love interest, gangster boss, drug addict, betrayal, mafia, vengeance, murder, death, violence, crime boss, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A hitman in hiding struggles to keep his monsters at bay when his dark past comes calling. Some days your LUCK just goes BLACK.
Style:
bloody, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot:
fight scenes, blood, torture, mafia, revenge, brother brother relationship, hitman, violence, mob boss, crime boss, heroes, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Gang leader Jeet Johar and his young, loyal, and often-brutal crew dress like peacocks, love attention, and openly compete with an old style Indo crime syndicate to take over the Vancouver drug and arms scene. Blood is spilled, hearts are broken, ...
Style:
suspense, brutal, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, killing, gang war, mob boss, greed, escapades, heroes, family business, criminal heroes, betrayal, pride and honor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vancouver
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life falling on him. Destiny wills otherwise. The son makes an innocuous trip to Mumbai to visit his dad. And ends up filling his father's large ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
vigilantism, mafia, fight for justice, politics, revenge, leader, fight, gangster, violence, vengeance, heroes, society ...
Time:
year 1988
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking through Japan, when her raw street fighting skills draw the attention of Oshima, Japanese karate champion, who recruits and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground ...
Style:
captivating, tense, intense, suspense
Plot:
female fight, martial arts tournament, female protagonist, martial arts, revenge, fight, human spirit, mentor, danger, determination, mentor protege relationship, brutality ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The detective inspector Alexander Bischof (Simon Licht) lives for his job. He doesn't have a family to look after after work or visit. He is convinced that as a police officer he can make the world a little better. He wants to be one of the ...
Style:
exciting, contemplative, suspense, tense
Plot:
mafia, crime family, mob boss, crime boss, family business, death, brutality, criminal heroes, parents and children, greed, vengeance, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jamaican Gangsters
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
jamaican, mafia, gangster, betrayal, crime boss, family business, vengeance, mercilessness, youth, criminal heroes, brutality, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When his wife is killed, Oliver's world turns monochrome from Achromatopsia - the inability to see color. In comes Rachel, a femme fatale offering hope in return for a deadly favor, plunging Oliver into a world of crime run by Gavin Calhoun, ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
secret, husband wife relationship, forgiveness, brain damage, witness protection, past, murder, death, scotsman, revenge, gangster, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story of "Payne & Redemption" surrounds the psychological trauma endured by the film's main character, a weathered New York Detective, and his journey to seek redemption, after having to deal with a long line of traumatic ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, suspense, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, psychologist, redemption, trauma, revenge, tragic past, confronting the past, haunted by the past, murderer, character study, grief ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, ...
Style:
neo noir, perverse, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, card playing, police, niece, fight, mob boss, chase, society, gang war, murder, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, andalusia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Ren has finally succeeded his boss as the head of the North Fort Gang. For so long, his ambitions had been held back; now, he can realize them. But the ruthless Jian returns with his own gang. Though Ren and Jian were once like brothers, Ren's ...
Style:
contemplative, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, mafia, pride and honor, heroes, criminal heroes, revenge, betrayal, crime family, rivalry, society, mob boss, crime boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taipei
Similarity:
35%
477
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, tense, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, brutality, heroes, mercilessness, criminal heroes, crime boss, mob boss, violence, chase, murder, rivalry, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It tells the true story of Victorian detective Colin McLaren who posed as a shady art dealer and infiltrated the Australian branch of the Calabrian Mafia.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
mafia, crime family, crime boss, power struggle, rivalry, friends, society, family relations, heroes, violence, death, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Berlin, Germany. Police officer Klaus Roth infiltrates the Serbian mafia, specializing in manipulating sports betting, and befriends the naive Luka, in order to capture Aco Gorić, the enigmatic head of the criminal ring.
Style:
suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
mafia, undercover cop, friendship, friendship between men, murder, mob boss, betrayal by friend, gangster, pride and honor, brutality, betrayal, revenge ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jimmy finds a mysterious package in the trunk of his latest boost, he is thrust into a violent underworld of criminals, and a race against the clock to save a little girl's life.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
car thief, criminal syndicate, violence, killing, gangster, organized crime, family business, crime boss, gang war, murder, youth, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The unknown, large mafia organization is now showing its true face. The pressure that GSI and John Falk and his family have put on the organization, makes them fight back on all fronts. The rule book is thrown out. But to go after Johan Falk's ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
police, criminal underworld, mafia, organized crime, murder, police officer killed, torture, police procedural, nordic, gangster, gunfight, crime family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
32%
464
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a botched robbery escalates to homicide, a north Philly gun runner has to escape or outsmart the south Philly Italian mob as they close in for vengeance.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
violence, criminal underworld, african american man, mafia, street life, african american, mob hit, mob violence, mafioso, gangster, crime boss, crime family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
After the death of her gangster husband, Carmen is forced to take over his business and fight for her family's safety
Style:
psychological, exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, murder, crime family, criminal heroes, society, parents and children, heroes, family relations, rivalry, crime boss, power struggle, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
good versus evil, police, gangster, criminal heroes, violence, scientist, heroes, rivalry, arch villain, crime boss, revenge, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A bloody power struggle erupts between three brothers who are vying to take over the family business following the death of their father.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
mafia, death, family relations, rivalry, brother brother relationship, gang war, family business, society, brutality, youth, pride and honor, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The stoic chronicles of Castor, orphaned as a child, forced to survive in the wild and his colorful journey through the criminal underworld of London.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, tense
Plot:
criminal, gangster, friends, crime family, criminal heroes, escapades, death, betrayal, brutality, organized crime, violence, gang war ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Four men are each looking for a way out. Their fates collide one night.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, gangster, family business, destiny, revenge, youth, crime boss, organized crime, murder, mercilessness, vengeance, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
29%
718
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Miami is the story of two sisters who have grown up separately. The older sister, Angela, is an exotic dancer with her own touring dance group. The younger, Anna, on the threshold of adulthood, lives in a small town working in sales. When their ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
sister sister relationship, self sacrifice, stepsister stepsister relationship, criminal gang, dancer, murder, mafia, sister, criminal, extortion, russian mafia, half sister ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
29%
110
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Vic Trevi is an undercover FBI agent positioned to betray the people he calls family. Vic needs to find out the truth about his family before his family finds out the truth about him.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
undercover, gangster, undercover agent, betrayal, who done it, friendship, youth, murder, partners against crime, uncover truth, friends, godfather ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Docu-fiction that tells the story of Libero Grassi, the months in which he broke the silence, the silence in which he found himself isolated, until he became an easy target for a mafia clan.
Style:
suspense, exciting, unusual plot structure, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, death, society, rivalry, organized crime, crime boss, betrayal, criminal heroes, crime family, mob boss, murder ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Many years ago Mr. Six was a notorious gangster. That was back when there was still such a thing as honour among thieves, when criminals earned respect and maintained principles. These days Mr. Six is all but forgotten, a living relic residing in a ...
Style:
suspense, unusual plot structure, psychological, exciting, contemplative ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, triad, organized crime, gang, brutality, parents and children, rivalry, family tradition, family relations, mob boss, criminal gang, crime boss ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
beijing china, china
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
After the murder of his girlfriend, a gang enforcer sets out to find out who perpetrated the killing.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, respect, betrayal, revenge, investigation, who done it, chase, name calling, uncover truth, organized crime, violence, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
28%
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