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Blood Ties (1986)
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Original name: Il cugino americano
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An innocent American engineer is blackmailed by gangsters into a plot to assassinate his cousin, who is a judge in Sicily fighting the Mafia.
Style:
serious, tense, suspense, crime thriller, dark, noir, rough, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco ...
Plot:
mafia, danger, organized crime, blackmail, betrayal, justice, corruption, family conflict, threat, assassination, underworld, criminal conspiracy, revenge, violence, judge, loyalty, power struggle, moral dilemma, secret, peril, investigation, cousin, fatalism, political corruption, italian mafia ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, italy
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Most similar movies to Blood Ties
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, dark and suspense films with plots about betrayal, organized crime, revenge, corruption, murder, gangster and mafia mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Blood Ties: Excellent Cadavers (1999), Desert Passion (1993), The Big Family (1973), Kojak: Ariana (1989), The Exchange (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, organized crime, law, historical figure, italian history, law enforcement, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Two show-business women leave Los Angeles for Las Vegas, but phoney state troopers abduct them in the desert and they are taken to a laboratory/prison. Here, males come to experience sexual fantasies, which it is the job of the two girls and other ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, rough, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sex, erotica, women in prison, women's prison, corruption, murder, drug, nudity, skinny dipping, female nudity, kidnapping, heat wave ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
Style:
noir, poliziottesco, crime drama, dramatic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, corruption, police commissioner, underworld, mature, power struggle, betrayal, revenge, vendetta, violent, investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
sicily, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
Style:
detective, suspense, tense, emotional, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
urban, police procedural, danger, investigation, kidnapping, bait, rescue, female victim, cat and mouse, betrayal, revenge, hostage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Boston, the four Naldoff brothers make a comfortable living running money scams. But the youngest brother, Lee, is dangerously attracted to the excitement of the underworld lifestyle. When Lee puts a hit on a wealthy businessman, he unknowingly ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, dark, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, brothers, scam, organized crime, mafia, underworld, criminal underworld, crime family, brotherhood, violence, moral ambiguity, hitman ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
boston, new england
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hit man Antonio Mancuso travels to Italy to make the big time. He meets and befriends Mafia boss Don Vincenzo. Mancurso becomes part of the organization and the more he gets to know Vincenzo the more he wants his job but Mancurso will learn that ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, dark, poliziottesco, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, crime family, hitman, mob boss, ambition, power struggle, organized crime, mafioso, violence, betrayal, gangster, underworld ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, sicily, milan italy, cincinnati ohio, rome italy ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Shin, a good family friend and business partner of the DeLeon family, assumes his role as head of the Coast Mafia.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, crime thriller ...
Plot:
gangster, criminal heroes, family business, murder, money, mafia, organized crime, crime family, underworld, family drama, power struggle, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty where music, love, hope and tragedy collide. Created as a pilot for a TV Series which was not taken up, this has now been aired as a TV Movie.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
family relations, gang, parents and children, family drama, love and romance, society, danger, country music, organized crime, music industry, tragedy, power struggle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nashville tennessee, tennessee
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thriller - Johnny Graham, raised by the Torino crime family after the death of his parents, is repeatedly torn between loyalty to his adoptive family and his conscience. - Edward Furlong, Grace Johnston, Meat Loaf
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
witness protection, gangster, redemption, on the run, chases and races, danger, murder, violence, crime family, organized crime, loyalty, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.
Style:
crime drama, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, crime boss, mob boss, mafioso, gang, criminal, outlaw gang, criminal gang, mysterious girl, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
115
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman comes into conflict with a gangster when he refuses to allow drugs to be sold through his restaurant.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, dark ...
Plot:
mafia, drug, organized crime, criminal underworld, gangster, revenge, mob boss, violence, crime boss, drug traffic, vigilante, restaurant ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy, italy, the philippines
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.
Style:
detective, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, nightclub, drug dealer, who done it, danger, uncover truth, sexual content, private investigator, murder, corruption, underworld ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
melbourne, australia
Similarity:
25%
673
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, gang, moral dilemma, breakup, nightclub, rivalry, danger, love and romance, murder, sacrifice, loyalty, underworld ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Al is caught between his loyalty to the police force and his love for his brother in a tense setting. It seems that his brother, Rudy, was involved in a mob hit that could potentially start a gang war. Tony C., a local mob boss and childhood ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, dramatic, tension ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, gang war, mob boss, organized crime, moral ambiguity, brotherhood, crime investigation, police corruption, betrayal, investigation, urban, mistrust ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, Dominican Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story concerns a mob family, headed by gambling czar Jose Ferrer. When one of family's hit men (Helmut Berger) fails to come up to expectations, Ferrer orders the man's execution.
Style:
action drama, dark, crime thriller, bleak, poliziottesco ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Carmelo and Gino, are raised by their mob boss grandfather Salvatore Gianni. After the murder of their grandfather the two must join forces to track down the killer. No one is ruled out as a suspect, including one of the family. How ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Twin brothers nicknamed "Water" and "Power" from the hard scrabble Eastside streets of Los Angeles rise like prince's through the city's political and police ranks to become players in a complex and dangerous web of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, danger, political corruption, twins, survival, police corruption, siblings relations, police, corruption, politics, brothers, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south america
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, mafia, sicilian, village, murder, danger, testimony, family life, youth, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1991, year 1985
Place:
sicily, palermo italy, europe, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
After Elaine Hopkin is found dead, apparent an OD suicide, her firstborn Mark wouldn't even inform his dad James Hopkin, who was locked up for murder. Kid sister Justine, a cocky uniformed cop, goes visit him, only to learn he was just ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, law enforcement, intrigue, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, righting the wronged, parents and children, police, female protagonist, family secret ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an ...
Style:
poliziottesco, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, camorra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, female nudity, police, gulag, mobster, nazi, nude girl ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place:
italy, naples italy, new york, napoli italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jack just lost his P.I. license and his life is on a downward spiral. He decides to steal a cash briefcase from the local gangsters. He hides in a strip joint owned by a local mob legend Jimmie D and pays a stripper to help him escape. The gangsters ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, stripper, law enforcement, criminal heroes, murder, henchman, deception, strip club, mobster, organized crime, heist, private investigator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective John Traveller (Peter Coyote) is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. His partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom, becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. The lover of John's wife was ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, protagonist as suspect, riddles and clues, manipulation, law enforcement, danger, who done it, dishonesty, graphic violence, investigation, guilt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Nick Romano is a young Italian American fighting his own personal demons. He's got a chip on his shoulder and a lot to prove. Teamed with his crazy but always loyal partner Carlo, the two small time hoods are on the streets trying to hustle and ...
Style:
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Plot:
mafia, crime family, gangster, criminal heroes, couples, curses spells and rituals, organized crime, mobster, loyalty, crime boss, underworld, hustler ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As befits a full-blooded Jiang Hu (underworld) antic, COTL takes place over the course of a short, frenetic period, feeling to all intents and purposes like one night. It encompasses plenty of gore and cadavers (unless you get the sanitized, ...
Style:
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Plot:
triad, power struggle, assassination, criminal underworld, underworld, loyalty, organized crime, violence, gang warfare, betrayal, corruption, mafia ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Annie's got a secret past she's eager to hide from her husband and her family. An iconclastic bounty hunter blackmails her to keep that past a secret. As the stakes increase, though, so do the ruthless and brutal actions of all those ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, noir, dark ...
Plot:
blackmail, bounty hunter, secrets, murder, deception, family secret, danger, betrayal, death, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young man named Bill Solino who discovers not only that his deceased father was a mobster but also that his uncle, who raised him, may have had a hand in his fathers murder twenty years earlier.
Style:
suspense, psychological, contemplative, tense, dark ...
Plot:
guilt, uncle nephew relationship, danger, gangster, violence, coming of age, godfather, moral dilemma, twists and turns, death in the family, hidden truth, family relations ...
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
22%
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Country: Canada
Story:
A woman wants to clear her father's name. He supposedly murdered a shady night club owner. She starts looking for clues about the real perpetrator, but finds more than she bargained for.
Style:
crime drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, mafia, murder, secret, relationships, uncover truth, accused of murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, family relations, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When local heavy and ex-boxer Tom Sheridan (Ian Pirie) agrees to hire his strip club out to lifelong friend and colleague Ian Levine (Michael Mckell) he soon discovers the private party involves child prostitution and trafficking, catering for ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, crime drama, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, gangster, criminal's revenge, rivalry, dishonesty, underworld, violence, human trafficking, mature, danger, murder, retribution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Olga, a "self-made woman" who’d rather not gain than lose, she avoids risks and contact with the criminal world and law enforcement, seeing them as interfering freeloaders. The price of her company rises when mineral water is found on ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
organized crime, murder, female protagonist, kidnapping, crime boss, woman in danger, money, criminal, bandit, threat, son, gang warfare ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
22%
829
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
An FBI Agent from America and his bride and young child travel to the Sicilian island of Ginostra to solve the murder of a key witness.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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