Movies like Law and Disorder

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Law and Disorder (1974)
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Law and Disorder (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous. No hoodlum goes safe.
Style: surprise ending, tragicomedy, tragic ending, independent film, poliziottesco
Plot: vigilante, sniper, revenge, thief, ghetto, police officer, police, violence, friendship, piranha, burglar, murder, restaurant, pervert, teenage girl, tragedy, shooter, justice, taxi, drug dealer, african american, neighbor, taxi driver, neighborhood, father daughter relationship ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city
Keyword: new yorker

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Most similar movies to Law and Disorder

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, dark comedy, humorous and semi serious films with plots about police, murder, friendship, violence, police officer, society and death mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Law and Disorder: Born to Win (1971), Double Whammy (2001), Beyond the Law (1968), Tangerine (2015), Gridlock'd (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Born to Win (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The film follows Jay Jay, a former hair dresser who has become a drug addict. He lives his new life by doing deals for Vivian from time to time. One day he meets Parm, a free-spirited girl. The two fall in love. Jay Jay's drug habit grows, and ...
Style: suspense, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: drug addiction, big city, junkie, drug dealing, life is a bitch, couple relations, chase, love and romance, addiction, drug abuse, couples, aeroplane ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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95%
Double Whammy (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair of screenwriters across the hall keep bugging him for help. The superintendent of his ...
Style: humorous, suspense, entertaining, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, violence, serial killer, adaptation, investigation, couple relations, police detective, law enforcement, doctors and patients, power relations, hitman, heist ...
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
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81%
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Beyond the Law (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring bar.
Style: detective, independent film, cinema verite, fake documentary
Plot: night, mayor, interrogation, police station, criminal, husband wife relationship, police, improv, abandoned, police officer, police lieutenant, irish american
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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 35K
Tangerine (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get ...
Style: harsh, disturbing, talky, dark comedy, grindhouse ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: lgbt, prostitute, christmas, transgender, friendship, transsexual, christmas eve, transsexuality, infidelity, unfaithful boyfriend, hollywood, taxi ...
Time: year 2015, near future, 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Gridlock'd (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style: dark comedy, hood, stylized, harsh, talky ...
Plot: addiction, hip hop, drug addiction, drug, urban, drug abuse, murder, heroin, gangster, justice, crime gone awry, culture clash ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, detroit, new york
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58%
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Harlem Nights (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: "Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any ...
Style: hood, funny, black comedy, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: nightclub, gangster, urban, black, organized crime, fight scenes, african american, mobster, corruption, gang, hip hop, blaxploitation ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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56%
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Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style: disturbing, tense, hood, cult classic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: hip hop, ghetto, african american, poverty, gang, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, coming of age, black, african american gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place: los angeles, california, america, south central los angeles, usa ...
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55%
Prince of the City (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style: tense, neo noir, detective, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: manly
Plot: corruption, police, drug addiction, drug, lawyer, police corruption, addiction, whistleblower, fighting the system, police investigation, betrayal, redemption ...
Time: 70s, year 1981, 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, america, usa, virginia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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O.K. Garage (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A lovely school teacher finds herself the victim of a scam artist - a garage owner who delights in ripping off his customers. Soon, she has two eager young men, her lizard-loving neighbour and his friend, on her side to help her exact revenge on the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, biting, talky ...
Plot: school, unrequited love, dishonesty, love and romance, vengeance, looking for love, cons and scams, friendship, couples, friends, best friend, porter ...
Time: 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Hate U Give (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her ...
Style: hood, captivating, social, sad, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: racism, ghetto, african american, father daughter relationship, black, black lives matter, father son relationship, private school, loss of friend, coming of age, black history, teenager ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. ...
Style: detective, realistic, bleak, grim, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, drug addiction, prostitute, murder, police brutality, cop killer, police station, violence, corrupt cop, hospital, cop, nypd ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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The Ref (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Caroline and Lloyd are a married couple constantly at each other's throats, masters at crafting acid-tongued barbs at the other's expense. Indeed, they are so obsessed with belittling each other that they never stop -- not even at ...
Style: dark comedy, witty, humorous, talky, funny ...
Plot: christmas, hostage, dysfunctional family, holiday, farce, marriage counselor, family bonds, robbery, christmas party, blackmail, alcoholic, dinner ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Noise (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever, freeze frame ...
Plot: vandalism, vigilante, vigilantism, anger, society, satire, rivalry, losing-it hero, love and romance, fighting the system, heroic mission, city life ...
Time: year 2007
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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48%
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Levity (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the paroled man attempts to find ...
Style: touching, emotional, melancholic, philosophical, psychological ...
Plot: murder, prison, friendship, robbery, justice, gang, going straight, haunted by the past, human nature, rehabilitation, ex convict, parole ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
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46%
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Grand Canyon (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds ...
Style: realistic, clever, touching, anthology, spiritual ...
Plot: adoption, midlife crisis, unrequited love, friendship, grand canyon, cynicism, teen angst, regret, father son relationship, compassion, rescue, interracial friendship ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, arizona, usa
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46%
The Survivors (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.
Style: hilarious, humorous, dark comedy, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, gangster, unemployment, friendship, paranoia, hospital, camp, new year, robbery, gas station, survivalist, hitman ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: vermont, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief ...
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, ambiguous ending, psychological, depressing ...
Plot: small town, police brutality, rape, small town life, loss of daughter, billboard, regret, revenge, guilty conscience, anger, suffering, death of daughter ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: missouri, usa, america, persia, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Road Dogz (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: "Boyz N the Hood" meets "Blood In, Blood Out" in this gritty tale of life on the streets of East L.A. Danny (Jacob Vargas), Alfonso (Greg Serano) and Raymo (Clifton Collins Jr.) are lifelong friends who have spent their days ...
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Plot: latinx lead, ex convict, tragedy, murder, criminal, robbery, drug dealer, friend, money, ghetto, prison, gang ...
Place: los angeles, california
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43%
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Brass (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, partner, police detective, society, fighting crime, police investigation, partners against crime, amateur detective, dishonesty, law enforcement, murder, police station ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
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43%
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, melancholic, satirical, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, vigilante, loneliness, mental illness, violence, twists and turns, eccentricity, thief, police, vigilantism, neighbor, mental disorder ...
Time: year 2017
Place: america
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43%
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Nurse Betty (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, light, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: happy ending, murder, medical, psychology, hospital, memory loss, delusion, losing-it hero, obsessive quest, road trip, mental illness, killer ...
Time: y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, kansas, usa, kansas city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has suffered a head wound and has problems with short-term memory. Jimmy's vigilante alter ego ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, filmmaking, hollywood, satire, showbiz, artists and showbiz, actor's life, nothing goes right, lifestyle, disorder, unemployment ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: california, bolivia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Style: humorous, intense, stylized, captivating, gothic ...
Plot: racism, coming of age, murder, hopes, civil rights, society, life is a bitch, small town, segregation, journey, youth, bittersweet ...
Time: year 1999, 60s, 20th century, year 1965
Place: alabama, america, usa, california, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Life (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, hilarious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, twists and turns, life sentence, prison escape, prison life, redemption, african american, friendship, black, adaptation, criminal, escape attempt ...
Time: 1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1932
Place: mississippi, new york, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, USA, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Style: art house, stylized, atmospheric, cult classic, hood ...
Plot: african american, mafia, samurai, hitman, hip hop, loneliness, loner, racial slur, friendship, assassin, martial arts, lone wolves ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 8.2
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Taxi Driver (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style: psychological, neo noir, bleak, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, character study, loner, alienation, obsession, vigilantism, violence, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, depression ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Something for Everyone (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An opportunistic young man working as a servant to a European countess uses his sexual talents to better his station in life.
Style: independent film, clever, dark comedy, black comedy, humorous ...
Plot: gay, murder, lgbt, revenge, greed, hotel, corruption, serial killer, lgbtq, trippy, estate, manipulation ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: austria, europe, japan, prussia, central europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Made (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two aspiring boxers lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Style: funny, humorous, dark comedy, realistic, clever ...
Plot: friendship, organized crime, crime gone awry, dark humor, boxing, nothing goes right, partner, buddies, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, mafia ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: los angeles, new york, usa, california, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.4
 22K
Kajillionaire (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, surreal ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, dysfunctional family, heist, father daughter relationship, con artists, mother daughter relationship, absurdism, lgbtq, stranger, women, lgbtqi, lgbt ...
Place: los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy. All Zack wants to do is run a traditional barbershop giving traditional haircuts, but modern styles have passed him by and ...
Style: independent film, student film
Plot: discrimination, hip hop culture, blaxploitation, black, hip hop, social worker, partner, death of partner, black american, barbershop, husband wife relationship, murder ...
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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