Movies and TV shows like Mob City
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Mob City (2013)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of a decades-long conflict between the Los Angeles Police Department, under the determined leadership of Police Chief William Parker, and ruthless criminal elements led by Mickey Cohen, a one-time boxer who rose to the top of L.A.'s criminal world. The series is a fast-paced crime drama set in Los Angeles during the 1940s and '50s. It's a world of glamorous movie stars, powerful studio heads, returning war heroes, a powerful and corrupt police force and an even more dangerous criminal network determined to make L.A. its West Coast base.
Style:
neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, detective, anime, crime drama, dark drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mobster, gangster, power struggle, police, mob boss, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, mafia, actress, corruption, rivalry, conflict, law enforcement, chief of police, city, black, jewish mob, criminal, actor, veteran, law enforcer criminal relations, hot and sexy, lawyer, police detective ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s, 40s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Keyword:
gangsters
Most similar movies to Mob City
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and detective films and TV series with plots about law enforcement, police, investigation, fighting crime, gangster, mafia and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Mob City: Gangster Squad (2013), Boomtown (2002), The Untouchables (1987), Peaky Blinders (2013), Vegas (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
Style:
rough, exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, teens
Plot:
mob boss, organized crime, mafia, gangster, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, revenge, police brutality, squad, power struggle, love triangle ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, 2010s, 20th century, year 1949 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, israel, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
police investigation, murder, law enforcement, partners against crime, workplace, media, dishonesty, district attorney, infidelity, relationships, cop, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, stylized, clever, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, corruption, smuggling, mentor, tough cop, tough law enforcer, gunfight, prohibition, tax evasion, prohibition era ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
chicago, usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 2109 min.
TV show
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, mob boss, power struggle, crime boss, family relations, rivalry ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
8K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor ...
Style:
serious, stylized, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sheriff, organized crime, greed, corruption, police investigation, mafia, power struggle, rivalry, father son relationship, cowboy, mobster, gambling ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1961
Place:
las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Movies similar to True Detective
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crime Story is an American TV drama, created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson, that premiered in 1986 and ran for two seasons on NBC. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left his other series Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, detective, captivating ...
Plot:
police, police detective, gangster, law enforcement, tough heroes, mafia, mobster, vendetta, danger, cop, rivalry, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1963
Place:
chicago, usa, las vegas, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Every villain has a noble cause, and every hero has a dark side.
Detective Ryan Lopez is a rising star in Los Angeles' elite Gang Task Force. What the world doesn't know is that long before Ryan became a cop, he pledged allegiance to a ...
Style:
rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, law enforcement, outlaw, police detective, boss, power struggle, fighting crime, criminal, undercover, armed forces, villain, swat team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Ironside is an upcoming American drama television series that is scheduled to premiere in the 2013–14 television season on NBC. It will air on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central, after Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It is a ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, fighting crime, law enforcement, wheelchair bound, police, investigation, black cast, disabled, power relations, disability, tough law enforcer, urban ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded ...
Style:
tense, realistic, detective, talky, serious ...
Plot:
police detective, police, murder, justice, homicide detective, cop, police protagonist, team, fighting crime, police investigation, workplace, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, mafia, undercover agent, organized crime, gangster, investigation, working undercover, fbi, special agent, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
As the elder don dies, his young heir moves into the position. He quickly proves to be as ruthless as he tries to discover who has launched a plot to overthrow his rule and may be infiltrating other families. In a left over plot line, his aunt ...
Style:
saga, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, mobster, organized crime, undercover, catholic, autism, godfather, mob boss, family relations, widower, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
legal, investigation, murder, police investigation, legal action, district attorney, law enforcement, power relations, legal investigation, workplace, courtroom, partners against crime ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. ...
Style:
serious, tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, prison, organized crime, gang, power struggle, group of criminals, criminal, young man, arms dealing, friends ...
Time:
2010s, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style:
serious, costume drama, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, mob boss, organized crime, prohibition, smuggling, criminal heroes, corruption, politician, mobster, female nudity, american history ...
Time:
1920s, 2000s, 2010s, 1900s, year 2010 ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, cuba, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, stylized, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
mob boss, hotshot, mafia, hotel, gangster, intrigue, organized crime, businessman, lifestyle, power struggle, rivals, slick ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1959
Place:
miami, usa, miami beach
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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TV series similar to Peaky Blinders
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
Style:
rough, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, murder, investigation, police, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, snitch, informant, swamp, deep south ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
Style:
clever, tense, detective, cynical, serious ...
Plot:
organized crime, corruption, police detective, police, urban ghetto life, working undercover, life is a bitch, drug dealing, fighting crime, shooting, police investigation, urban decay ...
Time:
2000s, future, year 2002, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
445
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled criminal psychologist working alongside the Los Angeles police department.
Style:
detective, realistic, tense, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nypd, die hard, anti hero, police detective, fighting crime, criminal psychologist, police investigation, who done it, profiler, law enforcement, couple relations, psychologist
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective ...
Style:
detective, retro, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
police, police detective, legal, team, deep south, african american, terrorism, mafia, social justice, american culture, police officer, black history ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
Style:
tense, rough, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, police detective, law enforcement, corrupt cop, dirty cop, cop, police brutality, dishonesty, cruelty, murder, tough law enforcer, peril ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the early 1960's in New York City's Public Morals Division, where cops walk the line between morality and criminality as the temptations that come from dealing with all kinds of vice can get the better of them.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, rough, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, moral dilemma, temptation, partner, law enforcement, partners against crime, gangster, investigation, mafia, nypd, post war, courtroom drama ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on ...
Style:
detective, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, partner, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, parents and children, workplace, single parent, rivalry, family problems, investigation, best friend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
458
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A bald police detective with a righteous attitude battles crime on his hometurf.
Style:
serious, stylized, rough, detective, suspense ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, police investigation, hotshot hero, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, cop witness relations, nypd, gang, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the ...
Style:
detective, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
police, investigation, danger, police investigation, fighting crime, rivalry, law enforcement, honest law enforcer, police detective, murder investigation, police officer, cop ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, detective, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political corruption, murder, investigation, police, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, gangster, dishonesty, partners against crime, mafia ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1996, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 258 min.
TV show
Story:
Sprawling Mario Puzo novel about an Italian family of gangsters draws the inevitable comparison to "The Godfather", but does find its own direction. Headed by Don Domenico Clericuzio, the family executes a rival gang on the night of the ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 60s, 80s, 70s
Place:
usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 434 min.
TV show
Story:
A seven-hours-plus adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" and "The Godfather, Part II" - with new scenes added and some old ones lengthened. Originally broadcast on the NBC television network in November of ...
Style:
epic, serious, captivating, rough, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, crime boss, gang war, mobster, lawyer, melancholy, corrupt politician, police corruption, parent child relationship, rise to power, casino, patriarch ...
Time:
1930s, 1950s, 1920s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant ...
Style:
captivating, tense, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, fighting crime, multiple suspects, workplace, investigation, police protagonist, police officer, honor, suspect ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, clever, detective ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, police station, partner, workplace, fighting crime, police detective, partners against crime, workplace situations, cop, police officer, urban ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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