Movies and TV shows like Ray Donovan
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Ray Donovan (2013)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, clever, stylized, crime drama, realistic, erotic, neo noir, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
identity crisis, hollywood, violence, family feud, nudity, power relations, cover up, blackmail, trauma, brother sister incest, relatives, family problems, family relations, businessman, family secret, loyalty, threat, health situation, rivalry, ambition, expert, incest, sex scene, family life, brother sister sex ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new york, south america, chicago
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Most similar movies to Ray Donovan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and tense films and TV series with plots about family relations, female nudity, sex scene, show, anti hero, criminal and corruption mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Ray Donovan: Animal Kingdom (2016), The Sopranos (1999), Bosch (2014), Boardwalk Empire (2010), Brotherhood (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime family, criminal, danger, escapades, heist, family conflict, gay brother, twists and turns, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, friendship, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, southern california, new zealand
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, clever, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, dark humor, family life, criminal heroes, mob boss, parents and children, criminal, dysfunctional family, family relations, introspection ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, north america
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74%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, detective, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, coworker, determination, police detective, homicide detective, murder, murder investigation, suspicion, police investigation, father daughter relationship, danger ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, period piece, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, mob boss, businessman, prohibition, criminal heroes, organized crime, gangster, federal agent, female nudity, corruption, crime boss ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, year 2010 ...
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, cuba, atlantic city, chicago ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A working-class Irish family rules a city built on loyalty and corruption. The Caffee brothers, Tommy, a rising politician desperate for reelection, and Michael, a hardened criminal returning from seven years on the run and eager to reclaim his ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
profanity, organized crime, irish mob, dysfunctional family, mafia, criminal, family problems, ambition, political corruption, politics, criminal heroes, mob boss ...
Place:
usa, ireland, rhode island
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have ...
Style:
bloody, detective, captivating, stylized, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, double life, crime investigation, forensics, loner, right and wrong, hidden identity, dark humor, serial murder, dark secret, anti hero, vigilantism ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, y2k, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, canada
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, gangster, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, mob boss, rivalry, shooting ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, europe ...
Similarity:
73%
58K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
James “Ghost” St. Patrick has it all: a beautiful wife, a gorgeous Manhattan penthouse, and the hottest, up-and-coming new nightclub in New York. His club, Truth, caters to the elite: the famous and infamous boldface names that run the city that ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
nightclub, drug dealing, nightlife, nightclub owner, drug lord, ambition, organized crime, money laundering, double life, politics, businessman, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. ...
Style:
serious, exciting, sexy, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
biker, motorcycle gang, motorcycle, prison, organized crime, gang, group of criminals, power struggle, friends, young man, arms dealing, police corruption ...
Time:
2010s, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, northern california
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cancer, criminal, peril, drug lord, master criminal, drug dealing, drug, unlikely partners, drug cartel, life turned upside down, meth lab, family problems ...
Time:
y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, south america, usa, north america
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69%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Meet the Donnelly brothers: Tommy, Jimmy, Kevin and Sean. There is nothing these four Irish brothers wouldn't do to protect each other, and for them that means lying, cheating, stealing and, occasionally, calling the cops. Narrated by wannabe ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, making love, murder, mob boss, vengeance, blind ambition, family business, criminal heroes, rivalry, gang, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, ireland, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, ...
Style:
witty, stylized, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
lawyer, workplace situations, family relations, hotshot lawyer, legal, criminal lawyer, dark humor, dishonesty, moral dilemma, money, organized crime, lawyer client relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
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68%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are ...
Style:
serious, erotic, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
athlete's life, gym, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, mixed martial arts, drug addiction, martial arts, closeted homosexual, gay, sibling relationship, competition, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, south america, california, los angeles, venice california
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78%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
serious, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, france
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each of them struggles to overcome ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
breaking the law, criminal, male protagonist, escapades, problem, confronting the past, problem solving, wealthy family, nypd, die hard, irish mob, pursuit ...
Place:
los angeles, massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
100%
84K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, clever, sexy, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
white house, relationship vs career, workplace situations, politics, lawyer, president, senator, politician, twists and turns, coworker, teamwork, young woman ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., indiana
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Boss is an American political drama television serial created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies, a degenerative neurological disorder.
Style:
political, clever, cynical, erotic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, mayor, boss, political intrigue, career, mental illness, dishonesty, power struggle, ambitious, corruption, ambition, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Hungary, Ireland, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
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Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth ...
Style:
serious, costume drama, epic, clever, captivating ...
Plot:
historical character, intrigue, sex scene, brother sister incest, siblings relations, medieval, renaissance, brother sister sex, incest, clergy, lust, power struggle ...
Time:
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Place:
rome italy, italy, ireland, europe, florence
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83%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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When Marta Walraven's mob husband is brutally murdered, she takes on gangsters and the FBI to unveil the truth about his death. As she digs into this dark underworld, she'll test her own strength, relying on her resourcefulness, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
vengeance, family relations, unlikely criminals, parents and children, single mother, organized crime, drug lord, rivalry, suburbs, scheming, escapades, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world ...
Style:
captivating, ironic, suspenseful, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
gambling, escapades, investigation, dishonesty, family problems, danger, con man, family relations, greed, adaptation, twists and turns, female nudity ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style:
neo noir, anthology, atmospheric, gloomy, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, investigation, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, drinking problem, partners against crime, female nudity, troubled ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
clever, serious, political, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, political corruption, state affairs, manipulation, intrigue, strategy, usa politics, lobbyist, u.s. president, journalism, media ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, sexy, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, undercover, working undercover, mission, top secret, kgb, mole, government agency, couple relations, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, atmospheric, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
hotshot, organized crime, businessman, mafia, intrigue, hotel, gangster, mob boss, cheating wife, lifestyle, power struggle, cover up ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1959, 1950s
Place:
miami, usa, miami beach
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60%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
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Riley Parks delicately balances two starkly different lives -- one as a single mom in a conservative town struggling to provide for her family and the other as a savvy and ambitious businesswoman working with a rowdy, sexy and unpredictable group of ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan. The central character is Nancy Botwin, a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling cannabis to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a heart attack. Over the ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, sensual, witty, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance.
Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
finance, money, corruption, investor, stock exchange, wall street, twists and turns, wealth, stock market, rivalry, life philosophy, obsession ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
Place:
usa, new york
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75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Sean King and Michelle Maxwell aren't your typical pair of private investigators. As discredited Secret Service agents, their unique skills often give them a leg up on suspects and conventional law enforcement. He's charming and always one ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, cliffhanger, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, secret service, partners against crime, investigator, suspicion, lawyer, hot and sexy, woman with a gun, detective agency, private investigator, partner, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new york
Similarity:
100%
31K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
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Since premiering in 2009, Southland has redefined the police drama with its raw, authentic look at the lives and work of Los Angeles detectives and beat cops. The show centers on four main characters: Officer John Cooper (Cudlitz), a seasoned cop ...
Style:
captivating, detective, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, lapd, law enforcement, policewoman, police protagonist, partners against crime, fighting crime, swat, peril, responsibility, team, workplace ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, southern california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
67%
152K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Neal Caffrey, a con man, forger and thief, is captured after a three-year game of cat and mouse with the FBI. With only months left serving a four-year sentence, he escapes to look for Kate, his girlfriend. Peter Burke, the FBI agent who initially ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, light, serious, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
fbi, investigation, law enforcement, art thief, mastermind, unlikely partners, friendship, fbi agent, criminal, expert, talented, cons and scams ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
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