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Blood Ties (1986)
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Blood Ties (1986)
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: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, italian mafia, kidnapping, murder, gangster, rescue, danger, nudity, violent content, hitman, drug, graphic violence, nude, deadly, crime, nudity (full frontal - brief), crimes, drugs
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: sicily, italy
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about murder, deadly, gangster, dishonesty, mafia, law enforcement and rivalry mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Blood Ties: American Born (1990), Grand Pardon (1982), The Professor (1986), A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998), Salvo (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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American Born (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A teenager who is obsessed with gangster movies believes himself to be a real gangster after his father is murdered.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: murder, mafia, teenage life, tough heroes, unlikely criminals, obsession, rivalry, vengeance, gangster, teenager, death of father, father ...
Time: 80s
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Grand Pardon (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Le clan Bettoun : Raymond (le patriarche), Maurice (le fils), Jacky (le neveu), Roland (le neveu), Albert (le cousin de Raymond), Pépé (l'ami de Raymond), Samy (le garde du corps) sont un clan familial de caïds pieds-Noirs juifs du crime ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, police detective, family relations, family business, family life, interracial relations, gangster, violent content, murder of a nude woman ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france
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The Professor (1986)
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, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cosa nostra, mafia, camorra, italian mafia, police, female nudity, nazi, mobster, gulag, criminal, organized crime, murder ...
Time: year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place: italy, naples italy, new york, napoli italy
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80%
A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the real Brooklyn. Al and Gabriela become friendly but the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: gangster, mafia, profanity, conspiracy, sexual content, violent content, hitman, tough heroes, dishonesty, friendship, law enforcement, love and romance ...
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Duration: 110 min.
Story: A hitman for the Sicilian Mafia, Salvo is solitary, cold and ruthless. When he sneaks into a house to eliminate a man, he discovers Rita, a young blind girl who powerlessly stands by while her brother is assassinated. Salvo tries to close those ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
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Country: France, Italy, USA
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When the head of a mafia clan is perceived to be weakening, his family suffers a series of attacks. It is up to his son, Frankie, to figure out who’s behind the plot before they are all wiped out.
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
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Duration: 100 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Italy
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