Movies like City Under Siege 1974

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City Under Siege (1974)
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City Under Siege (1974)
Original name: Un uomo, una città
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A string of violent jewel robberies force Police Inspector Parrino to get rough with the city’s criminal scum. Things take a turn for the worse when he’s confronted with the murder of an prostitute.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police officer, police, prostitution, suburbs, murder, criminal, drug, drugs
Place: italy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out poliziottesco, neo noir, suspenseful and rough films with plots about police officer, police, murder, mafia, police officer shot, gangster and police officer killed mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like City Under Siege: Angel's Leap (1971), Angels of the Street (1969), The Hired Gun (1975), Police Chief Pepe (1969), Execution Squad (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Angel's Leap (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean Yanne) has retired to a Thailand plantation with an Asian wife and child. Back in Marseilles, however, because a no-holds-barred gang war has broken ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: revenge, killer, politician, murder, mafia, police, brother brother relationship, police officer, criminal, vigilantism, widow, mafia don ...
Place: marseille, bangkok thailand
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95%
Angels of the Street (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Angels of the Street or The Angel of St. Pauli is a 1969 West German crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Horst Frank, Herbert Fux and Werner Pochath. It is set in the St. Pauli red light district of the port of Hamburg.
Style: erotic, poliziottesco
Plot: illegal prostitution, murder investigation, police, fire, fight, gay, female nudity, torture, criminal, murder, blackmail, prostitute ...
Place: hamburg germany, northern germany
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88%
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The Hired Gun (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Fabio Testi is an undercover cop doubling as the bodyguard (hence, “Gorilla”) of a cantankerous middle-aged industrialist targeted for extortion.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police officer, police shootout, police officer killed, bodyguard, police officer shot, shootout at a train station, police officer knocked unconscious, police officer kicked, police lineup
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Police Chief Pepe (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A police commissioner in a little town in the Italian Venetian province investigates a prostitution ring run by two pensioners; during his investigations he also learns that a former manicurist shacks up with ten students, the prefect's ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: woman with a gun, police officer, dual identity, female nudity, prostitution, doctor, police, prostitute, politics, corruption
Time: 70s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Execution Squad (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Monaco
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begun taking the law into their own hands. Between his efforts to thwart the growth of crime and to ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, vigilante, state terrorism, female nudity, years of lead, police officer killed, police corruption, motorcycle, power struggle, mob violence, train station, police investigation ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Big Family (1973)
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
Plot: mafia, organized crime, police shootout, police officer, police raid, mob boss, sicilian, corruption, police, police uniform stolen, police officer shot, italian american
Time: 70s
Place: sicily, italy
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71%
The Mafia Triangle (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Neapolitan camorra boss has retired from business but when his wife gets killed he gets back into action, and goes to the States to get his revenge.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: camorra, mafia, wife, business, mafia don, police officer, police officer shot, police officer knocked unconscious, police officer shot in the chest, italian american
Place: napoli italy, italy, naples italy
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64%
Gang War in Milan (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Milan pimp faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite organized crime in Italy.
Style: poliziottesco, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: police, murder, gangster, gang war, strong violent content, nudity, urban, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry, betrayal, criminal's revenge ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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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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62%
Order to Assassinate (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, Dominican Republic
Duration: 93 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: poliziottesco
Plot: assassin, murderer, shooting, police, police officer killed, murder, female nudity, organized crime, truck, police shootout, assassination, training ...
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61%
Crime on the Highway (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: L'omicidio di un camionista avvenuto su di un'autostrada nei pressi di Roma mette in allarme la polizia che affida le indagini all'ispettore Giraldi.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: murder, criminal gang, investigation, gang, truck driver, drug, criminal, drug traffic, boxing trainer, training, boxing, dog ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Gangster's Law (1969)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A con man pulls a double-cross on a gang of vicious bank robbers.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police officer, criminal, bank robbery, revenge, partnership, gangster
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Mafia (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A Police Officer faces difficulties when investigating a Mafia murder in a small Sicilian town. A businessman is murdered for refusing to join a Mafia-controlled group and although he suspects the Mafia are involved he can find no witnesses or ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, police, italian mafia, cosa nostra, organized crime, police investigation, carabinieri, card playing, police officer, town, sicilian mafia, murder ...
Place: italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Violent Four (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Style: poliziottesco, detective, neo noir, non-linear, exciting ...
Plot: police, robbery, police officer, politics, car chase, social commentary, anarchist, theft, tough heroes, heist, rivalry, chase ...
Time: 60s
Place: italy, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Maigret Sees Red (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Gangsters from the United States try to kill a key government witness whose testimony could help land an influential mobster in jail. It's up to detective Maigret to deal with the FBI and a series of underworld figures to save the life of the ...
Plot: deal, ex boxer, police inspector, bowling, villa, golf, telephone call, doctor, beer, cigarette smoking, photograph, waiter ...
Time: 1950s
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Naked Violence (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Some youngsters rape and kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.
Style: poliziottesco, detective
Audience: teens
Plot: police officer, lgbt, rape, interrogation, teacher, murder, murder investigation, flashback, police brutality, male nudity, female nudity, physical abuse ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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La machine (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. This 30-something solitary factory worker who lives on the edge of society is sentenced to death. A damning indictment of the death penalty and the manipulative behaviour of the media.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: murder, homosexuality, death sentence, guillotine, prostitution, death penalty, factory, bar, canal
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53%
Milano Violenta (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A gang of thieves decides to hit the headquarters of Aspex. The police intervened and only two of the robbers managed to escape with the loot, while the other two are forced to take hostages to escape. The police started investigations but also the ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, erotica, robbery, police raid, police officer killed, police shootout, carabinieri, street shootout, police officer shot in the chest, police officer shot, killed in police car, police escort ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Young, Violent, Dangerous (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Paul, Joe and Louie are three young men from good families who decide to go on a bloodthirsty and pointless crime spree, much to the dismay of paul’s girlfriend (Eleonora Giorgi) and the local police commissioner (Tomas Milian). the group starts ...
Style: poliziottesco, psychotronic, surprise ending
Plot: police, sex crime, police officer, organized crime, murder, robbery, sadism, sexual abuse, nudity, sex, female nudity, girlfriend ...
Place: italy, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
And Hope to Die (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.
Style: neo noir, euro western, poliziottesco, french noir
Plot: heist, misfit, death, police officer, criminal, doll, childhood memory, heist gone wrong, gambling, marbles, wristwatch, fire truck ...
Time: year 1972
Place: montreal
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51%
Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Free Hand for a Tough Cop (Italian: Il trucido e lo sbirro, also known as Tough Cop) is an Italian poliziottesco-action film directed in 1976 by Umberto Lenzi. In this movie Tomas Milian plays for the first time Sergio Marazzi aka "Er ...
Style: poliziottesco, psychotronic
Plot: police, police officer, kidnapping, ransom, strength, drug, corrupt cop, revenge, pistol, machine gun, blood, gangster ...
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Gardenia (1979)
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
Plot: restaurant owner, city, exploitation, revenge, restaurant, murder, friendship, mafia, blackmail, italian restaurant, drug, hitman
Time: 70s
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Dictator's Guns (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a prospective vessel, the "Dragoon", Cournot reports his ...
Plot: boat, yacht, police officer, police, murder, ex husband, wound, diving, sailor, captain, sailboat, arms smuggling ...
Place: france, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Maurizio Merli takes up a familiar role as Commissioner Berni; a cop who puts his life on the line to transport a witness from Corleone to New York City in order to testify against a mob boss on trial for murder. Along the way, Berni and his ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, police officer, italian mafia, police, explosions, secret police, mob boss, organized crime, police lineup, police officer kicked, police officer shot
Place: italy, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Gang War in Naples (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, smuggling, gambling, gang, bribery, mobster, camorra, extortion, young
Place: italy, napoli italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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I Am Afraid (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, police officer, mafia, agent, conspiracy, police corruption, paranoia, police officer killed, judge, police raid, years of lead, carabinieri ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
A Complex Plot About Women, Alleys and Crimes (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Netherlands Antilles
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Rabal is a blind, elderly leader of the Camorra whose son ends up dead as he attempts to rape Molina. Somebody has stuck the corpse strategically with a hypodermic needle, which is to become the signature of a series of killings of Naples drug ...
Style: grindhouse, poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, cannon, investigation, drag queen, prostitution, female protagonist, heroin, revenge, love triangle, mother, murder, dead children ...
Time: year 1985
Place: napoli italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
And Then You Die (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A drug deal must deal with the mafia, Hells Angels, and police who want to arrest him. -- WorldCat
Style: neo noir, independent film, detective
Plot: biker, bike, murder, death, drug, police officer, family relations, suburbs, crime boss, organized crime, husband wife relationship, pursuit ...
Place: montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
La Legge Violenta Della Squadra Anticrimine (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: italian police, police chase, police officer killed, security guard, traffic policeman, armored truck, police shootout, police officer, street shootout, security guard killed, police officer shot, armored vehicle ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Crime Boss (1972)
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, poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, police officer, hitman, police officer killed, police chase, impersonating a police officer, police officer bombed, police uniform stolen, police officer knocked unconscious, police officer shot
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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