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Placido Rizzotto (2000)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
One man's fight against organized crime proves to have devastating consequences for himself and his loved ones in this drama from Italy. As a young man, Placido Rizzotto (Marcello Mazzarella) saw his father imprisoned by police for a crime he didn't commit, and as a teenager he had to contend with the brutal excesses of Mussolini's soldiers while fighting in World War II. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny and with a desire to promote social justice. Upon his return home from the war, Placido becomes increasingly aware that organized crime has taken hold of his village, and he becomes angry and frustrated as he sees Mafia leaders controlling local politics and taking whatever land or property they want. Placido helps to form a trade union as a challenge to the Mafia's authority, and attempts to organize the villagers into a collective to grow crops in the fields taken by gangsters from the people.
Style:
historical drama, atmospheric, political drama
Plot:
labor union, biopic, mafia, post war, assassination, organized crime, social justice, tragedy, corruption, anti fascist, power struggle, oppression, class conflict, political corruption, labor leader, investigation, violence, partisan, resistance, martyrdom, revenge, jealousy, family drama, revolution, police procedural ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
sicily, italy, southern italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, period piece and dark films with plots about organized crime, mafia, corruption, biopic, revenge, crime family and violence mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Placido Rizzotto: I Am the Law (1977), Blood Ties (1986), Fort Apache Napoli (2009), Lucky Luciano (1973), The Big Family (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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historical drama, crime drama, serious, period piece, poliziottesco ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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serious, realistic, rough, tense, gloomy
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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poliziottesco, historical drama, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
sicily, italy
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165
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
mafia, crime family, confession, tragedy, organized crime, betrayal, moral ambiguity, fatalism, revenge, corruption, guilt, power struggle ...
Time:
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Place:
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174
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, dramatic, dark, suspenseful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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115
Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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tension, suspenseful, dark, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, reflective, historical drama ...
Plot:
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Story:
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