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The Glass Circle (2016)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Tells the story of a Las Vegas drug dealer who lives a crazed drugged out lifestyle alongside many gonzo cronies, but eventually opts out of the business before it destroys him.
Style:
tense, enigmatic, bleak, dark, disturbing, cynical, complex
Plot:
methamphetamine, drug addiction, drug dealer, drugs, drug use, drug dealing, police, party, kidnapping, marijuana, murder, criminal, stripper, chauffeur, car theft, interrogation, casino, jail, arrest, overdose, paranoia, strip club, drug deal, forensics, spy ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, disturbing, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about drugs, drug dealing, suspense, drug dealer, murder, criminal and violence mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Glass Circle: Narco Sub (2021), Spun (2002), Blow (2001), The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Rush (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man will become a criminal to save his family. Director: Shawn Welling Writer: Derek H. Potts Stars: Tom Vera, Tom Sizemore, Lee Majors |
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
Plot:
dea, drug cartel, criminal, cartel, criminal heroes, drug dealer, cia agent, armed forces, kidnapping, drugs, sex trafficking, navy ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style:
psychedelic, disturbing, surreal, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, drug addict, drug abuse, stripper, addiction, drugged, masturbation, methamphetamine, mental illness, self destructing, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, gangsters, drug lord, rise and fall, drug abuse, friendship, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug use, addiction ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 50s, 60s, 90s ...
Place:
california, colombia, latin america, boston, mexico ...
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67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, bleak, serious, rough ...
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug addict, drugs, death of pet, heroin, heroin addict, drug use, loneliness, life philosophy, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down ...
Style:
realistic, neo noir, tense, dramatic, twist ending ...
Plot:
drug addiction, drugs, undercover cop, addiction, police, paranoia, heroin, drug abuse, spy, drug addict, small town, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
texas, los angeles, usa, montana, houston texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Minna, a drug addict who makes a living dealing drugs, can't pay rent and after cheating some delinquents she runs with the money. She meets Katja and they move together to an illegal residence outside the city, where a group of people have ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, unusual plot structure
Plot:
homeless woman, drug addiction, homeless shelter, friendship, drug addict, drug deal, homeless, arrest, drug dealer, caravan, jail, drug use ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.
Style:
disturbing, tense, rough, brutal, exciting ...
Plot:
prison, maximum security prison, drugs, revenge, kidnapping, prison guard, murder, prison warden, prisoner, fight, violence, tough guy ...
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45%
467
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
NOSEDIVE depicts a world of unlimited drugs, wild parties, beautiful people, and no sleep. However, when reality takes a dark turn, a group of characters are forced to step out of the nightclub and into darkness.
Style:
tense, disturbing
Plot:
strip club, violence, murder, drugs, suspense, bandit, gang, drug abuse, criminal, erotica, nude, prison rape ...
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45%
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102
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In the outskirts of the city, where crime is a way of life, the paths of four desperate people collide. Jordan Coleman, a local drug dealer, finds himself at a crossroads when his friend and mentor gets in too deep with a ruthless gangster and club ...
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, tense, controversial
Plot:
drug addiction, murder, criminal, gangsters, drugs, police officer, junkie, policewoman, robbery, drug dealer, suspense, train ...
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43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly ...
Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug addiction, drugs, police, investigation, murder, suspense, police investigation, police officer, addiction, twists and turns, dark humor ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, dark, tense, rough ...
Plot:
murder, heroin, addiction, junkie, police investigation, drugs, serial killer, violence, drug addiction, true crime, drug addict, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, pasadena california, sacramento california
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43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Black Widow is not dead ... Drug Queen Carmen van Walraven is hiding in Canada and leads an anonymous life there. One evening a colleague is harassed and Carmen helps her. In self-defense, she kills the perpetrator, is arrested and extradited to ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
business, blind ambition, rivalry, dea, society, violence, gangsters, suspense, drugs, family relations, illegal drugs, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, brutal, intense, talky ...
Plot:
heroin, gangsters, drug dealing, drugs, crime gone awry, organized crime, mafia, drug addiction, character study, drug dealer, solitude, visceral ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
denmark, california, copenhagen, scandinavia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, cold war, undercover, treason, double agent, political conspiracy, buddies, society, dishonesty, rebellion, drugs ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, california, mexico city, ussr, australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After being busted for drug possession, Aiden, a troubled teenager, is forced by the cops to go undercover and risk his life to bring down a dangerous drug kingpin.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
gang, criminal gang, working undercover, bandit, drugs, criminal, drug dealing, organized crime, undercover agent, drug traffic, drug dealer, outlaw gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ken was making his life by smuggling methamphetamine with long time buddy, Kazu. Ken has decided to start a new life when he learned that his girlfriend, Saki, became pregnant. At the same time, Ken finds out that Kazu started selling on the side ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Plot:
drug dealer, girlfriend, amphetamine, drug deal, mechanic, japanese woman, partner, japanese girl, pregnant woman, revenge, chase, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mario, an exemplary man, lives in a village on the Galician coast. In the old people’s home, where he works as a nurse, everyone appreciates him. When the best known narco in the area, Antonio PadÃn, recently released from prison, enters the ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, realistic, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, drug dealing, drug dealer, police raid, murder, doctor, police, prison, lawyer, organized crime, betrayal, revenge ...
Place:
galicia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Pete, Steven and Dave are good friends that have fallen on hard times; They are unemployed and hardly get by on benefits. Coincidentally, they are approached by a low-key gangster who offers them what seems like quick cash-in-hand work. One ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing
Plot:
drug cartel, gangsters, criminal heroes, rivalry, death, illegal drugs, drug dealing, violence, youth, friendship, escapades, drug dealer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
191
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Aaaron, a Kansas transplant is alone in New York City and just wants to buy a bag of weed.
Style:
cynical, neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
drug dealing, city life, disorder, drugs, rivalry, suspense, murder, weed, drug abuse, marijuana, stoners, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, kansas, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
student, jealousy, prison, drugs, drug dealing, drug dealer, cocaine, high school, teenager, marijuana, murder, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, thought provoking, political, dramatic ...
Plot:
drug dealer, organized crime, drug addiction, drug lord, addiction, drug traffic, drug abuse, drug cartel, gangsters, corruption, war on drugs, suspense ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
mexico, california, los angeles, latin america, maryland ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In an Albanian town known for drug production and trafficking an elite group of cops set out to end the war waged against the local police.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
life is a bitch, murder, drug dealing, suspense, drug deal, drug traffic, rivalry, industry, ambition, police, brutality, violence ...
Place:
albania, europe
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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 ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The decade of the hippies is at an end and the 80's are approaching fast. Carl and Robert are two doped out guys who lives in harmony with the world around them and let life pass by in an eternal hash high. They have been peddling hashish for a ...
Style:
disturbing, feel good, humorous, exciting, entertaining ...
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marijuana, stoned, money, adult humor, drug use, friendship between men, anxiety, paranoia, death of girlfriend, countryside, drug dealing, criminal ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Since the death of their father, the Riley siblings have kept their heads above water by illegally dealing in painkillers. Josie is managing the business with an iron fist, when her brother, War veteran Kip, is concerned that the risky business is ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
drug dealing, small town, murder, suspense, parents and children, escapades, police, rivalry, family relations, life is a bitch, drug deal, apocalypse ...
Place:
midwest, ohio
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Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Crime Drama starring Brian William Woodward, Richard Douglas, Lloyd James
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Plot:
murder, sin, greed, escort, prostitute, death, drugs, corruption, deception, drug traffic, chase, drug cartel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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32%
409
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy and addiction that follows two young Iowan lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business - cooking their own methamphetamine - only to watch it burn a searing hole in their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addiction, drugs, drug dealing, rape victim, rape, pregnancy, warden, love and romance, society, misfit ...
Time:
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Place:
iowa, usa
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32%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Told from three perspectives, a story of a bunch of young Californians trying to get some cash, do and deal some drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, and generally experience the rush of life.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, non-linear, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
drugs, rave, clubbing, christmas, multiple storylines, drug dealer, marijuana, nothing goes right, hit and run, stripper, supermarket, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
207
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980s, Tolani Ajao is a bank secretary in Lagos, who finds herself persuaded by her friend Rose Adamson to enter the world of drug trafficking.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
drug dealing, drugs, suspense, criminal, money problems, life is a bitch, social problems, society, illegal drugs, drug dealer, drug traffic, bandit ...
Time:
80s
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31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After the untimely death of his mother, a grieving teen befriends his charismatic but troubled neighbor, only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of his small town.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
teenager, criminal underworld, life is a bitch, drugs, drug abuse, breaking the law, neighbor neighbor relationship, epidemic, small town life, suspense, gang, drug dealer ...
Place:
ontario canada
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