Movies like The Swap 1979
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The Swap (1979)
377
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A political filmmaker finds himself in Long Island for a weekend where he finds himself entangled with a high-living, jet set crowd. At first it is exciting, but soon he finds himself disillusioned by their shallowness.
Style:
suspense, grindhouse, detective
Plot:
prison, revenge, party, prisoner, hotel, cemetery, homosexual, pills, swimming pool, blackmail, brother, ex convict, cinematographer, femme fatale, grave, flashback, death of brother, gas station, racial slur, lieutenant, attempted murder, loss of brother, prison guard, pistol, pornography ...
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Most similar movies to The Swap
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, realistic and serious films with plots about prison, revenge, murder, violence, gang, police and urban mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Swap: Levity (2003), The Many Saints of Newark (2021), Down Time (2001), Marlowe (2007), Ironside (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the paroled man attempts to find ...
Style:
touching, emotional, melancholic, philosophical, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, prison, friendship, ex convict, robbery, justice, gang, going straight, haunted by the past, human nature, rehabilitation, parole ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, dramatic ...
Plot:
mafia, criminal, gang, gangster, gang war, mobster, bandit, organized crime, criminal underworld, crime boss, mafioso, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 70s, year 1972, year 1971
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
80%
454
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Slim Williams, a small-time dealer, is poised to make his big score with his partner Paulie. But the easy deal becomes a nightmare when Slim is caught in deadly police sting and ends up in a maximum-security penitentiary. Sold out by his partner, ...
Style:
tense, rough, realistic, serious, hispanic ...
Plot:
prison gang, drug addict, prison, jail, revenge, police, power, gang, racism, murder, grudge, voice over narration ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
Legendary private eye Philip Marlowe takes on new cases.
Style:
detective, noir, tense, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, private investigation, detective agency, murder, urban, corruption, private investigator, conspiracy, femme fatale, betrayal, interrogation ...
Similarity:
73%
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520
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed, tough-talking chief of detectives, has been shot and left for dead while vacationing at his friend the Police Commissioner's rural retreat. ...
Style:
detective, suspense, heroic, noir, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paraplegic, investigation, police procedural, justice, determination, resilience, urban, survival, teamwork, revenge, cat and mouse, assassination attempt ...
Time:
60s
Place:
san francisco, california
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Foxy Lady Cocoa is out to take down her mobster boyfriend.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
blaxploitation, black, urban, exploitation, crooked cop, bad attitude, male female relationship, money, casino, corrupt cop, passionate kiss, nightclub ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
GONE WITH THE POPE stars Duke Mitchell as Paul, a gangster with an unholy scheme: to kidnap the pope and charge "a dollar from every Catholic in the world" as the ransom. Shot in 1975 as KISS THE RING, GONE WITH THE POPE was unfinished at ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse, retro ...
Plot:
criminal, violence, revenge, gangster, hitman, contract killing, organized crime, betrayal, kidnapper, salvation, abduction, redemption ...
Time:
year 2016, 70s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, rome italy
Similarity:
60%
20
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
An NFL veteran who's become a college-town drug kingpin takes in a protégé, but eventually the relationship turns volatile and deadly.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
nfl, violence, crime boss, meth lab, society, chase, drug dealer, murder, revenge, rivalry, vengeance, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. Jenny will stop at nothing to escape but she also has to deal with Charlie the bully.
Style:
disturbing, sexual, surreal, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
women in prison, women's prison, sex, prison, sexual relations, lesbian, erotica, lesbian rape, lesbianism, punk, sexual attraction, reform school ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man is sentenced to life in prison for killing two children, a crime he didn't commit. DNA evidence sets him free, but there is no hiding from the prison gang that wants him dead. When his own daughter is abducted and apparently ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
wrongful conviction, priest, faith, falsely accused, religious faith, uncover truth, ex convict, confronting the past, investigation, child abduction, false accusation, crime solving ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
cerebral, rough, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang, skinhead, racism, prison, neo nazism, neo nazi, character change, nazism, juvenile delinquency, murder, politics, african american ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
Similarity:
55%
400
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
"Boyz N the Hood" meets "Blood In, Blood Out" in this gritty tale of life on the streets of East L.A. Danny (Jacob Vargas), Alfonso (Greg Serano) and Raymo (Clifton Collins Jr.) are lifelong friends who have spent their days ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
latinx lead, ex convict, tragedy, murder, criminal, drug dealer, friend, money, robbery, prison, gang, die hard ...
Place:
los angeles, south america, california
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two men kidnap the daughter of a rich man, and the latter approaches a retired cop to track the missing woman.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, family relations, organized crime, ex convict, kidnapped, gang, criminal, abduction, prisoner, escapades, retired cop, investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day ...
Style:
disturbing, grindhouse, independent film, tense, serious ...
Plot:
prison, prison sex, murder, dysfunctional family, psychopath, redemption, violence, drinking, caper, exodus, australian aboriginal, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, oceania, tokyo, california
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a convicted drug smuggler leaves prison after 22 years for one youthful mistake, he just wants to start over and obey the law. But, unable to find work, he's forced to take a supposedly legitimate job with his old crime partners. And they ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison, starting over, drug dealing, prisoner, prison sentence, ex convict, drug traffic, released from prison, rivalry, society, moral ambiguity, desperation ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
It tells his story in the turbulent days near the end of the Vietnam War, as a young Chicano man questioning his and his people’s place in society as thousands of his Latino brethren return from the war in coffins.
Style:
independent film, historical drama, aesthetic
Plot:
identity crisis, vietnam war, social injustice, realism, racial discrimination, working class, slice of life, alienation, street life, political activism, solidarity, coming of age ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san antonio texas, texas
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Style:
epic, captivating, neo noir, saga, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, murder, gangster, cosa nostra, sicilian mafia, literary, immigration, crime boss, assassination, melancholy ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
cuba, sicily, new york, las vegas, italy ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, rough, exciting ...
Plot:
prison, revenge, maximum security prison, kidnapping, prison guard, prison warden, murder, prisoner, extreme violence, violence, boxer, police shootout ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three young men decide to plan a mock kidnapping, but everything goes wrong because a real bank robbery was already planned by two other guys.
Style:
homoerotic, rough, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, gay couple, disorder, unlikely criminals, mind game, chases and races, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, small town, partner, father son relationship, mistaken identity ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
46%
26K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Style:
bleak, rough, psychological, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
police corruption, police, police brutality, dysfunctional family, bigotry, cop, scandal, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, sexualized violence, dirty cop, crooked cop ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, harsh, rough, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, friendship, urban ghetto life, foul language, street kid, swimming pool, gangster, loss of friend, depression, anger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2006, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, california, america, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
44%
101
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
Style:
detective, suspense, neo noir, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, trauma, loss, investigator, haunting, secrets, moral ambiguity, family drama, obsession, flashback, isolation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style:
cult classic, brutal, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
hip hop, gang, ghetto, african american, poverty, coming of age, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, gangster, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a robbery goes awry, the bandits all end up in a puddle of blood and only one lives and goes to jail for five years. Upon his release, the girlfriend wants her new boyfriend to kill him. Only trouble is the boyfriend knows that the fault was ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, friendship, haunted by the past, murder, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, life is a bitch, drug dealing, dishonesty, gang, heist, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, parole officer, robbery, bank robbery, murder, friendship, going straight, dishonesty, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, female nudity, bank ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Wayward and uninhibited young runaway Kim has fallen in with a bad crowd. Kim decides to flee said crowd and goes to the west coast to reunite herself with her uptight and neurotic estranged older sister Hilary so she can collect some of the ...
Style:
grindhouse, erotic, independent film
Plot:
teenage girl, nudity, exploitation, coming of age, age difference, drug dealer, runaway teen, inheritance, teenager, runaway, female protagonist, teenage protagonist ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry and Della as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant ...
Style:
detective, tense, twisted, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, courtroom, murder, amateur detective, strangulation, secrets, blackmail, illusion, whodunit, magician, cover up, private investigator ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
175
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot:
dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, haunted by the past, courtroom drama, legal, legal investigation, life is a bitch, courtroom, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, usa, savannah georgia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Style:
grindhouse, hood, independent film, funny, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, urban, african american, black, exploitation, ghetto, pimp, corrupt cop, street life, corruption, revenge, prison ...
Time:
70s
Place:
oakland california, bay area, usa, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Style:
suspense, hood, disturbing, retro, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fbi, informant, father son relationship, drug traffic, buddies, culture clash, drug crime, fbi agent, teenager, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1986, year 2014, year 2017 ...
Place:
las vegas, ohio, michigan, detroit
Similarity:
38%
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