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Milano Violenta (1976)
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Original name: Milano violenta
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 gang leader, the Cat, will be hunting the first two escaped with the loot to get money, and revenge for their escape.
Style:
poliziottesco, brutal, suspense, dark, tension, retro, noir, bleak, fast paced, period piece
Plot:
hostage situation, criminal gang, heist gone wrong, violent, gangster, revenge, investigation, betrayal, organized crime, manhunt, law enforcement, urban, police procedural, bloodbath, underworld, corruption, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, anti hero, erotica, police, italian police, robbery, female nudity, carabinieri ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, milan italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out noir, period piece, dark and poliziottesco films with plots about moral ambiguity, corruption, revenge, organized crime, urban, betrayal and investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Milano Violenta: Merciless Man (1976), Mark Strikes Again (1976), The Last Desperate Hours (1974), Bersaglio altezza uomo (1979), The Hired Gun (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
poliziottesco, crime thriller, detective, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
milan italy
Similarity:
59%
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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:
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Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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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:
57%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
poliziottesco, suspenseful, fast paced, tension, twisted ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Similarity:
56%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
noir, poliziottesco, crime drama, dramatic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
51%
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:
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Place:
milan italy
Similarity:
50%
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Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
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Similarity:
49%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a crime boss is murdered while in hospital, a young woman sees the killers, but her room mate convinces her not to tell the police, fearing the consequences. Unfortunately the murderers realize that they have been seen, and kill both women. ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
45%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
34%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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