Movies like The Last Desperate Hours
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The Last Desperate Hours (1974)
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Original name: Milano: il clan dei calabresi
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paolo Mancuso is a gang boss whose rivals want dead. During a failed assassination attempt, he is bitten by an infected lab rat. In the short time he has left to live, he tracks down his enemies and kills them one by one.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime thriller, tense, dark, suspenseful, grim, noir, period piece, retro, tragic
Plot:
mafia, woman strangled to death, police, revenge, organized crime, vengeance, gangster, urban, violent, underworld, corruption, assassination, moral ambiguity, anti hero, hitman, chase, terminal illness, italian police, crime family, rat, ultimatum, biohazard, italian mafia, pimp, deadly virus ...
Time:
70s
Place:
milan italy
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Most similar movies to The Last Desperate Hours
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, dark and noir films with plots about organized crime, revenge, corruption, moral ambiguity, urban, betrayal and underworld mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like The Last Desperate Hours: The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973), From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979), Milano Violenta (1976), Merciless Man (1976), Ruthless Bastards (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
poliziottesco, dark, detective, suspenseful, noir ...
Plot:
murder, police, hitman, corruption, justice, organized crime, police brutality, conspiracy, cover up, mafia, vigilante, investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
95%
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:
75%
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:
71%
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:
66%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two former gangster enforcers, filled with hate for one another, partner to take on one last assignment that could cost their lives.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, neo noir, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
gangster, revenge, confrontation, underworld, organized crime, hitman, violence, betrayal, grudge, violent, partnership, corruption ...
Similarity:
59%
613
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ready to leave his profession behind, Loreno, an assassin, lends help to an old friend, Cetan, and taking one last job in Thailand seeking out a local kingpin. A lapse in judgment means Loreno crosses paths with old colleague Paul.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, action thriller, crime drama, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hitman, assassin, organized crime, one last job, gang warfare, underworld, assassination, betrayal, friendship, chase, bloodbath, violent ...
Place:
thailand, southeast asia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a former detective learns of the murder of his estranged son, he ventures back to the darkened streets he once knew so well. Armed, dangerous and with nothing to lose, he must take on the ruthless local mob in his mission for revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, detective, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, police, organized crime, vigilante, murder, escapades, life is a bitch, redemption, danger, rivalry, betrayal, friends ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Sumon is compelled to grow up in the city's underworld as mafia lord Osman Ali's killer machine. After killing a pregnant woman, Sumon's conscience leads him to defy Ali's order.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, intense, dark ...
Plot:
underworld, guilt, moral dilemma, hitman, remorse, assassin, city, redemption, anti hero, violence, mafia, organized crime ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When London gangland boss Darius Deel discovers his new trophy-wife Nadia is having an affair, he hunts down her lover Riley and a deadly game begins.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, dark, noir ...
Plot:
gangster, affair, murder, underworld, organized crime, revenge, corruption, power struggle, betrayal, criminal underworld, infidelity, adultery ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
50%
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:
70s
Place:
italy
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, 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: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The movie revolves around Chengiz, an underworld mafia from the 1970s to the mid-90s that ruled the streets of Calcutta.
Style:
dark, intense, retro, suspenseful, noir
Plot:
underworld, gangster, organized crime, rise and fall, corruption, violence, power, anti hero, mafia, power struggle, political corruption, lawlessness ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
Place:
kolkata, india
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Obscure, action-packed euro-crime yarn about an imprisoned genius who organizes a bank robbery of 4 billion Lire from behind bars. It's up to superhunk Antonio Sabato to save the day, foil the baddies and bed the chick. There are great car ...
Style:
poliziottesco, suspenseful, fast paced, tension, twisted ...
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, italian police, organized crime, car chase, master criminal, cat and mouse, mastermind, european, underworld, prison, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A disgraced former cop finds himself working for a ruthless female kingpin to pay off his estranged father’s debt and protect his family.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, dark, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
debt, organized crime, lawlessness, corruption, moral ambiguity, underworld, ex cop, city, criminal underworld, family drama, female crime boss, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
In a world ruled by crime and betrayal, mafia kingpin Sakthivel and his brother Manikkam rescue a young boy, Amaran, during a violent police shootout and raise him as their own. Years later, when an assassination attempt shakes Sakthivel's ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, emotional, tragic
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, mafia, betrayal, underworld, shootout, gang war, revenge, power struggle, loyalty, assassination, violent ...
Similarity:
40%
196
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Milan, Nowadays: Fernando, son of Ugo Piazza, is a brilliant criminal defense lawyer whose mother, Nelly, has done everything in her power to raise him different from his father, a deplorable gangster.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, fraud, gangster, suspect, stolen money, criminal gang, gang, struggle for survival, money problems, bandit, mafioso ...
Place:
milan italy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Genoa, the Commissioner Sironi has identified the leader of the ferocious racket that controls the port activities. But the law restrains his action.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime drama, dark, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
italian police, investigation, corruption, port, police corruption, organized crime, criminal syndicate, extortion, police procedural, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, realism ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A con man pulls a double-cross on a gang of vicious bank robbers.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, poliziottesco, dark ...
Plot:
bank robbery, con man, deception, gangster, manipulation, heist gone wrong, heist, betrayal, organized crime, revenge, master criminal, underworld ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
38%
467
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, Iran
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Live-action adaptation of the hit manga. Golgo 13, also known by the pseudonym Duke Togo, is a professional assassin. His age and birthplace are unknown and there is no consensus in the worldwide intelligence community as to his true identity. Most ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense thriller, dark ...
Plot:
assassin, sniper, assassination, hitman, spy, organized crime, gunfight, underworld, yakuza, cat and mouse, drug traffic, violent ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, hong kong
Similarity:
37%
270
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bryce has been a crook since he was a kid in the projects. After a violent turn of events he's finally got a shot at the big time. Tony De Luca, one of the biggest crime bosses in the city, is looking to have Bryce get rid of a little problem: ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, crime drama, dark, noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug trade, underworld, city, crime boss, urban, organized crime, gangster, violent, moral ambiguity, street life, police corruption, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Dismayed by corruption and violence, a virtuous police officer becomes a masked vigilante to dliver lethal justice to criminals and crooked cops alike.
Style:
crime thriller, intense, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, justice, police corruption, vigilante, vigilante justice, corrupt system, revenge, retribution, violent, masked vigilante, anti hero, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Set in the backdrop of 1980s, Micheal helms his influential family in Kochi, inspiring fear and respect through his unnerving past. When a few younger members in the household feel his power over their lives too are aggravating, they join hands with ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, period piece, dark ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, betrayal, power struggle, patriarch, family drama, bandit, gang, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity, revenge, family secret ...
Time:
80s, 2020s
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A veteran cop is after a Mafia hitman, who killed his partner. Unbeknownst to him, a rookie cop has gone undercover to also catch the hitman, who murdered his parents. In order to get close to the hitman, the rookie has cozied up to the ...
Style:
crime thriller, tension, suspenseful, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
cop, revenge, mafia, hitman, mob boss, organized crime, murder, undercover, covert operation, investigation, violent, gang war ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
36%
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:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ray Lovelock stars as Massimo, a young undercover cop with a taste for violence and a thirst for revenge! Massimo gets himself arrested and quickly infiltrates the ranks of the underworld figure serving a sentence. Eventually a breakout is planned ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tense, poliziottesco, action packed ...
Plot:
older woman younger man, undercover cop, revenge, infiltration, covert operation, organized crime, police procedural, criminal underworld, anti hero, escape plan, gang, prison break ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging only to discover that the messenger company is a front for a drug ring. A reformed drug user himself, he sets out to crack the ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tense, noir, period piece ...
Plot:
delivery man, drug cartel, drug, organized crime, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, investigation, revenge, corruption, undercover, working class, cat and mouse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
Set in a bygone era, this gripping tale unfolds in the coastal paradise of Goa, where a powerful drug cartel pulls the strings behind a facade of sun-soaked beaches and vibrant culture.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, neo noir, period piece ...
Plot:
drug cartel, organized crime, power struggle, smuggling, corruption, underworld, mafia, investigation, conspiracy, betrayal, lawlessness, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Rama Chandra (played by Daggubati Venkatesh) is the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Hyderabad City. His upbringing as an orphan, and the special nature of his job as a policeman, have left him reluctant to form relationships with women. He ...
Style:
action thriller, dark, intense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, revenge, gangster, organized crime, male protagonist, vigilante justice, violent, corruption, urban, police procedural, moral ambiguity, family drama ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
33%
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