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The Big Family (1973)
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Original name: L'onorata famiglia
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, dramatic, crime drama, tense, suspense, dark, detective, crime thriller, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, corruption, mature, power struggle, police commissioner, underworld, revenge, investigation, betrayal, honor, vendetta, political corruption, violent, criminal justice, moral ambiguity, police officer, police, mob boss, sicilian, police raid, police shootout, italian american, police officer shot, police uniform stolen ...
Time:
70s
Place:
sicily, italy
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Most similar movies to The Big Family
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out noir, dark, period piece and tense films with plots about revenge, organized crime, corruption, betrayal, moral ambiguity, mafia and investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Big Family: Gang War in Naples (1972), The Mafia Triangle (1981), Order to Assassinate (1975), Angel's Leap (1971), Blazing Flowers (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, crime drama, dark, tense, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, camorra, organized crime, violence, crime boss, ambition, power struggle, rise to power, criminal underworld, gang war, urban ...
Time:
70s
Place:
naples italy, italy, napoli italy
Similarity:
95%
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:
crime drama, poliziottesco, crime thriller, dark, period piece ...
Plot:
camorra, mafia, organized crime, mob boss, revenge, underworld, gang violence, urban, violent, betrayal, loyalty, hitman ...
Place:
naples italy, italy, new york, usa, napoli italy
Similarity:
91%
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:
assassin, organized crime, crime family, mob boss, mafia, moral dilemma, betrayal of trust, moral ambiguity, violence, betrayal, power struggle, sadism ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
79%
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:
crime thriller, crime drama, tension, suspenseful, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, mafia, gangster, hitman, organized crime, violent, political corruption, gang war, criminal underworld, family tragedy, betrayal, loss ...
Time:
70s
Place:
bangkok thailand, marseille
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime drama, tense, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
organized crime, violence, underworld, gang, drug traffic, prostitute, corruption, betrayal, moral ambiguity, informant, street life, urban ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
milan italy
Similarity:
75%
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:
71%
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:
suspense, tension, poliziottesco, period piece, grim ...
Plot:
blackmail, undercover, double life, police, organized crime, industrialist, extortion, corruption, gunfight, moral ambiguity, underworld, violent ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
69%
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, crime drama, dark, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
police, violence, mobster, organized crime, pursuit, gang, cop killer, criminal underworld, law enforcement, manhunt, italian police, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
68%
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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:
67%
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:
66%
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, crime thriller, dark, grim, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prostitution, investigation, police procedural, urban decay, murder mystery, underworld, organized crime, crime wave, moral ambiguity, jewel theft, social commentary, revenge ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
63%
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, crime thriller, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
mafia, danger, organized crime, blackmail, corruption, betrayal, justice, criminal conspiracy, threat, family conflict, underworld, assassination ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
61%
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:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, dark, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, organized crime, crime boss, mafia, corruption, betrayal, mistrust, ethical dilemma, surveillance, rookie, power struggle, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, 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, dark, suspense, brutal, tension ...
Plot:
gangster, criminal gang, heist gone wrong, violent, hostage situation, revenge, betrayal, organized crime, law enforcement, investigation, underworld, bloodbath ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, milan italy
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 285 min.
TV show
Story:
After 25 years in exile, undercover cop Frank Riva comes back in Paris. He faces mob boss Norbert Loggia and his son Maxime, who put a bounty on his head during the French Connection days.
Style:
tense, detective, captivating, dramatic, exciting ...
Plot:
investigation, police, mafia, organized crime, drug, undercover, commissioner, police officer, criminal underworld, criminal, police commissioner, underworld ...
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man (Giuliano Gemma) has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it. ...
Style:
historical drama, crime drama, serious, period piece, poliziottesco ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, violence, police procedural, criminal underworld, law enforcement, corruption, cosa nostra, fascism, investigation, moral ambiguity, dictatorship ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
sicily, italy, palermo italy
Similarity:
49%
165
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Italian filmmaker Antonio Capuano writes and directs the grueling gangster drama Luna Rossa (Red Moon). Aging Tony Cammarano (Italo Celoro) is the patriarch of an organized crime family, but his son Amerigo (Toni Servillo) runs most of his ...
Style:
family saga, crime drama, bleak, dark, crime thriller ...
Plot:
mafia, crime family, confession, tragedy, organized crime, betrayal, moral ambiguity, fatalism, revenge, corruption, guilt, power struggle ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
Place:
southern italy, naples italy
Similarity:
49%
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:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international ...
Style:
crime drama, poliziottesco, suspenseful, bloody, tension ...
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, drug smuggling, heroin, organized crime, underworld, betrayal, italian police, violent, loyalty, confrontation, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s
Place:
naples italy, italy, usa, napoli italy
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Set in Philadelphia, "The Underground Kings" centers around police corruption and criminal underworld. It starts in Harrisburg as undercover cop Jayson Wylie is shot and left for dead in a botched drug bust. His partner Noah Carter learns ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
organized crime, investigation, police, police corruption, dirty cop, undercover cop, police officer, working undercover, sleuth, crime investigation, police investigation, murder investigation ...
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
Style:
crime drama, brutal, dark, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
yakuza, organized crime, crime family, gang warfare, violence, power struggle, underworld, loyalty, revenge, moral ambiguity, honor, machismo ...
Time:
70s
Place:
okinawa japan, tokyo
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Forced out of his elite unit, a troubled cop launches his own rogue investigation when mysterious killings claim the lives of his former colleagues.
Style:
crime thriller, tension, detective, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
police procedural, investigation, murder mystery, corruption, con artists, moral ambiguity, disappearance, conspiracy, betrayal, urban, power struggle, internal affairs ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Dog and Cat is an American television series that aired on ABC on Saturday night at 10:00 p.m Eastern time in 1977.
Lou Antonio played Sgt. Jack Ramsey, an undercover detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, who found himself teamed with a ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, dark, period piece ...
Plot:
shooting, gangster, investigation, murder, violence, gunfight, police procedural, urban, organized crime, trauma, police station, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, the most feared hitman in the Montreal underworld, Donald Lavoie, found himself hunted down by his former accomplices and by a tenacious police officer.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
hitman, betrayal, manhunt, killer, investigation, organized crime, underworld, killing, police officer, crime and punishment, criminal underworld, accomplice ...
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal, quebec
Similarity:
38%
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, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, period piece
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, police procedural, criminal underworld, assassin, witness protection, police officer, hitman, violent, shootout, vengeance, revenge ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, sicily, brooklyn new york city, italy
Similarity:
38%
413
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, undercover, organized crime, drug dealer, recruit, undercover agent, mob boss, secret mission, drug lord, covert operation, danger, power struggle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
robbery, heist, organized crime, gangster, mafia, gang, outlaw gang, criminal, one last chance, burglar, problem, bandit ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
After vanishing from Mumbai's underworld for a decade, mob boss Ojas Gambheera resurfaces—feared, unstoppable, and with a single goal: to reclaim his empire and exact vengeance on the current tyrant, Omi Bhau. As loyalties fracture and ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, brutal, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
mob boss, underworld, gangster, crime boss, organized crime, betrayal, retribution, power struggle, violence, revenge, vendetta, rivalry ...
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a society victim of the crime.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, detective ...
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, violence, corruption, crime wave, vigilante, police officer, revenge, vengeance, justice, anti hero, male protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
35%
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