Movies like Blazing Flowers
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Blazing Flowers (1978)
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Original name: Milano... difendersi o morire
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime drama, tense, noir, bleak, period piece, detective
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gang, violence, drug traffic, organized crime, underworld, prostitute, betrayal, corruption, street life, urban, informant, moral ambiguity, survival, mafia, revenge, investigation, murder, undercover, robbery, nightlife, working class, police commissioner, love affair, vigilante, redemption ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
milan italy
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Most similar movies to Blazing Flowers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out noir, tense, dark and crime drama films with plots about revenge, corruption, betrayal, organized crime, urban, moral ambiguity and violence mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Blazing Flowers: The Big Family (1973), Mark Strikes Again (1976), Gang War in Naples (1972), Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971), Milano Violenta (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, crime drama, dramatic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, corruption, police commissioner, underworld, mature, power struggle, betrayal, revenge, vendetta, violent, investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
sicily, italy
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95%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime thriller, detective, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, undercover cop, drug, violence, urban, gunfight, manhunt, investigation, organized crime, police procedural, moral ambiguity, male protagonist ...
Time:
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Place:
italy
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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:
84%
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:
80%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.
Style:
crime drama, neo noir, detective, dark, tense ...
Plot:
murder, interpol, drug traffic, law enforcement, investigation, urban, underworld, police procedural, violent, revenge, exploitation, nightlife ...
Time:
year 1971
Similarity:
71%
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:
63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A chauffeur is pursued by drug dealers after his boss, a convicted drug kingpin, is sentenced to death.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, noir, bleak, period piece
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, chauffeur, fight scenes, loyalty, drug traffic, drug, underworld, urban, corrupt businessman, underdog, chase ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Part 1 : 'Maniac' - A gang is kidnapping and raping young women. Part 2: 'Queen of Temple Street' - A gambling addict sells his wife to a brothel to pay off his debts.
Style:
dark, crime drama, disturbing, anthology, bleak ...
Plot:
rape, brothel, kidnapping, violence, prostitution, underworld, gang, organized crime, addiction, moral ambiguity, exploitation, sexploitation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
53%
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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:
52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young police officer "makes a mess" of a police operation, shoots a man in self-defense, and ends up in prison. There he learns that the world isn't black and white, but has many shades of gray, and makes new friends and enemies.
Style:
crime drama, dark, bleak, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, moral ambiguity, police corruption, survival, violence, law enforcement, gang, character study, betrayal, friendship, redemption, brotherhood ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
51%
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:
50%
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:
49%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
gambling, organized crime, revenge, syndicate, corruption, gangster, investigation, underworld, betrayal, violence, moral ambiguity, urban ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
narcotics, rookie, drug trade, undercover, drug addiction, police procedural, urban, moral ambiguity, street crime, law enforcement, sting operation, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Part 1 : 'Gun Snatchers' - Two criminals wanted for murder are turned in by one of their own. Part 2: 'Arson' - A Triad revenge plan to burn down a nightclub goes wrong and results in the deaths of five people.
Style:
crime thriller, anthology, suspenseful, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, fire, arson, revenge, organized crime, criminal underworld, triad, gang, betrayal, police, retribution, urban ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Turkey
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On a mission in Istanbul, an interpol agent disrupts the activities of a powerful drug lord and his accomplices. To get rid of him, the gangsters blackmail a skeet shooting champion into shooting the inspector.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime thriller, suspenseful, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
drug traffic, interpol, betrayal, crime boss, gangster, investigation, criminal syndicate, undercover cop, criminal underworld, law enforcement, blackmail, police procedural ...
Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
47%
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:
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Saike, Kazuki, and Takeo were abused by their respective parents and did not go to school. They stayed together at a youth detention center. To survive, these three young men commit robbery and burglary against criminal groups. (AsianWiki)
Style:
tense, crime drama, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
robbery, gang, juvenile detention, juvenile delinquency, criminal gang, friends, street gang, teenager, bandit, gang war, criminal, organized crime ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
45%
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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:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-su is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder ...
Style:
tense, dark, crime drama, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
gang, gangster, organized crime, underworld, violence, drug, criminal gang, gang war, criminal, bandit, life is a bitch, urban setting ...
Place:
busan, korea
Similarity:
42%
673
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, gang, moral dilemma, breakup, nightclub, rivalry, danger, love and romance, murder, sacrifice, loyalty, underworld ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
42%
278
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Greek Spies are trying to give bad image about turkey, Metin a young police man who decides to go rogue and achieve justice after the murder of his partner and his family on the hands of Greek spices.
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, political thriller, period piece ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, vigilante, con artists, retribution, justice, manhunt, male protagonist, family tragedy, investigation, espionage, spy thriller ...
Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
40%
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:
40%
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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:
39%
2K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A narcotics officer engages in a cat-and-mouse chase to capture a powerful criminal kingpin.
Style:
suspense, intense, crime drama, tense, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drug traffic, narcotics, chase, law enforcement, underworld, police procedural, crime boss, cat and mouse, investigation, urban, city, revenge ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the streets he once swore to protect.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, moral ambiguity, urban, mature, betrayal, underworld, corruption, slow burn, urban decay, cat and mouse, justice, mission
Similarity:
39%
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:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An undercover detective uses a restaurant targeted for harassment by a criminal gang to infiltrate the gang and arrest its members.
Style:
detective, suspense, tense, fast paced, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infiltration, undercover, gang, martial arts, justice, organized crime, danger, restaurant, corruption, violence, betrayal, police procedural ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Police officer Hamza requests his transfer to the Anti-Narcotics Administration, following the killing of his brother by Suleiman Al-Muslimi. He monitors his brother Salem, the big drug dealer, who smuggled Suleiman and fabricated a charge for ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, detective, serious, action drama ...
Plot:
police, organized crime, drug lord, narcotics, drug traffic, law enforcement, investigation, revenge, smuggling, justice, violence, corruption ...
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Essex has been the central hub for many famous criminal activities. For generations Essex Boys have ruled the streets of Essex and East London in their underworld empires. Many people thought this ended in a Range Rover in 1995. They were wrong... ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, exciting, suspense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
murder, gangster, organized crime, violence, revenge, life, underworld, mafia, death, crime boss, rivalry, chase ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
france, britain
Similarity:
36%
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