Movies and TV shows like Animal Kingdom

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Animal Kingdom (2016)
 8.2
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Animal Kingdom (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, erotic, sexy, anime, sensual, crime thriller
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, crime family, danger, heist, dysfunctional family, family conflict, escapades, gay brother, twists and turns, brother brother relationship, friendship, ex convict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, antisocial personality disorder, mother son relationship, gay interest, matriarchy, lgbt, dialogue, sex, closeted homosexual, mafia, investigation, bad guy, corruption ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, southern california, california, new zealand
Keyword: gangsters, matriarch

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Most similar movies to Animal Kingdom

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, exciting and serious films and TV series with plots about criminal, organized crime, corruption, gangster, investigation, anti hero and mafia mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Animal Kingdom: Ray Donovan (2013), Sons of Anarchy (2008), Power (2014), Mr Inbetween (2018), Peaky Blinders (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 8.3
 93K
Ray Donovan (2013)
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 ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, clever, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: identity crisis, hollywood, nudity, power relations, blackmail, relatives, family feud, family problems, trauma, family relations, businessman, family secret ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, chicago, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
 8.6
 321K
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 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, tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: biker, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, prison, organized crime, gang, power struggle, group of criminals, criminal, young man, arms dealing, friends ...
Time: 2010s, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 8.1
 52K
Power (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
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, tense, realistic, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: nightclub, nightlife, drug dealing, ambition, nightclub owner, businessman, organized crime, money laundering, sexual activity, drug lord, double life, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.6
 29K
Mr Inbetween (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, organized crime, mercenary, violence, fight scenes, escapades, chases and races, murder, secret past, family drama, danger, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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 8.8
 638K
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 2109 min.
TV show
Story: 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, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gangster, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, mob boss, power struggle, crime boss, family relations, rivalry ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place: england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Queen of the South (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Spain, Malta
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, erotic, crime thriller ...
Plot: drug cartel, cartel, twists and turns, drug, shooting, murder, danger, destiny, adaptation, runaway, captivity, chase ...
Place: mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 9.5
 2.1M
Breaking Bad (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 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: criminal, cancer, peril, life turned upside down, drug dealing, drug cartel, unlikely partners, drug lord, master criminal, family problems, life is a bitch, drug ...
Time: y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 8.0
 40K
Sneaky Pete (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, melancholic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: investigation, gambling, dishonesty, family problems, danger, escapades, family relations, con man, thief, greed, adaptation, twists and turns ...
Time: future
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.5
 20K
Kingdom (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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: rough, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: athlete's life, mixed martial arts, ex convict, brother brother relationship, martial arts, gym, father son relationship, drug addiction, sibling relationship, competition, family problems, drug abuse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles, venice california
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Better Call Saul (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 3154 min.
TV show
Story: 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, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: lawyer, workplace situations, legal, hotshot lawyer, criminal lawyer, family relations, dark humor, moral dilemma, anti hero, dishonesty, lawyer client relationship, cons and scams ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa, syria, albuquerque new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 9.2
 464K
The Sopranos (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: 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, cynical, clever, psychological, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, mafia, killings, mob boss, dark humor, criminal heroes, family life, gangster, violence, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Gangs of London (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, ...
Style: rough, exciting, brutal, intellectual, suspense
Plot: mafia, gang war, organized crime, crime family, violence, father son relationship, murder, criminal, danger, bandit, gangster, mobster ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: gang leader, black cast, mobster, gang war, gang, violence, danger, crime boss, organized crime, power struggle, showdown, criminal gang ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, 2010s
Place: harlem, new york, harlem, new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 15K
City on a Hill (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of ...
Style: atmospheric, captivating, bleak, exciting, detective ...
Plot: corruption, law enforcement, investigation, ira, racism, gang, legal, criminal, district attorney, danger, justice, escapades ...
Time: 90s
Place: boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
 343K
Ozark (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, spectacular ...
Plot: money laundering, drug cartel, danger, family relations, rivalry, murder, investigation, drug, teenage girl, organized crime, mafia, violence ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, missouri, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 12K
Hand of God (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A morally corrupt judge suffers a breakdown and believes that God is speaking directly to him, compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice.
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, exciting, sexy ...
Plot: judge, corruption, religion, delusion, husband wife relationship, vigilantism, dysfunctional family, serial killer, lawyer, religious, suicide, hallucination ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Black Donnellys (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, mob boss, murder, vengeance, blind ambition, family business, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, ireland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
 8K
Love/Hate (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: organized crime, ex convict, criminal heroes, addiction, rivalry, gang war, life is a bitch, gang, violent content, young man, rivals, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.0
 12K
Good Behavior (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 959 min.
TV show
Story: Letty Dobesh is a thief and con artist fresh out of prison whose life is always one wrong turn and bad decision from implosions — just how she likes it. But when she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife, she sets out to derail the ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot: male female relationship, partners in crime, chase, female protagonist, escapades, murderer, killer, organized crime, criminal, ex convict, thief, femme fatale ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 154K
Riverdale (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, biting, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, investigation, small town, friendship, youth, school, friends, danger, teenage life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mysterious death ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 7.9
 277K
The Blacklist (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, danger, intrigue, secret, mind game, killings, murder investigation, criminal ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.8
 20K
Undercover (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation by posing as a couple at the campground where he spends his weekends. Inspired by real events.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, mafia, dishonesty, police investigation, danger, escapades, adaptation, society, rivalry, investigation, espionage, nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: 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: serious, costume drama, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gangster, mob boss, organized crime, prohibition, smuggling, criminal heroes, corruption, politician, mobster, female nudity, american history ...
Time: 1920s, 2000s, 2010s, 1900s, year 2010 ...
Place: new jersey, usa, cuba, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 7.7
 60K
Good Girls (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
Style: funny, ironic, feel good, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: female friendship, housewife, female protagonist, money laundering, criminal, family relations, women, crime gone awry, passion, danger, twists and turns, gang ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.5
 83K
Bosch (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: 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, serious, exciting, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: police, determination, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation, suspicion, murder, coworker, homicide detective, father daughter relationship, lapd ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.9
 11K
Kin (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK
TV show
Story: The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: family relations, organized crime, life is a bitch, gang war, gang member, criminal gang, criminal, gang, bandit, dysfunctional family, corruption, spy ...
Place: dublin ireland, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.5
 137K
Lupin (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, thief, revenge, police, father son relationship, black, heist, criminal, prisoner, father, father figure, missing person ...
Time: 2020s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Underground Kings (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Set in Philadelphia, "The Underground Kings" centers around police corruption and criminal underworld. It starts in Harrisburg as undercover cop Jayson Wylie is shot and left for dead in a botched drug bust. His partner Noah Carter learns ...
Style: crime thriller, tense, captivating, thrilling
Plot: organized crime, police, sleuth, crime investigation, criminal, police officer, murder investigation, undercover police officer, investigation, police investigation, working undercover
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.6
 13K
Magic City (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: 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: atmospheric, tense, stylized, serious, erotic ...
Plot: mob boss, hotshot, mafia, hotel, gangster, intrigue, organized crime, businessman, lifestyle, power struggle, rivals, slick ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1959
Place: miami, usa, miami beach
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.5
 301
Frank Riva (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 285 min.
TV show
Story: After 25 years in exile, undercover cop Frank Riva comes back in Paris. He faces mob boss Norbert Loggia and his son Maxime, who put a bounty on his head during the French Connection days.
Style: dramatic, exciting, tense, serious, captivating
Plot: investigation, mafia, police, drug, police commissioner, organized crime, police officer, criminal, commissioner, criminal underworld
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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