Movies like Gotti
If you like "Gotti" you are looking for rough, serious and suspenseful movies about / with gangsters, betrayal, cosa nostra, federal bureau of investigation, father son relationship, mafia and godfather themes of Biography, Crime and Drama genre shot in Canada or USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Gotti (2018)
16K
Where to Watch
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, inspirational, sad
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, cosa nostra, federal bureau of investigation, father son relationship, mafia, godfather, brutality, organized crime, family relations, parents and children, ambition, criminal heroes, lawyer, gang, italian mafia, court, twin towers, loyalty, greed, criminal syndicate, extreme violence, american mafia, graphic violence, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1997, year 1984, year 2002 ...
Place:
new york, usa, united states of america
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Gotti
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about gangsters, mafia, organized crime, criminal heroes, murder, hitman and bandit mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Gotti: Kill the Irishman (2011), Donnie Brasco (1997), The Sopranos (1999), American Gangster (2007), The Godfather (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough ...
Style:
tense, brutal, talky, thought provoking, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mob boss, gang, gang war, irish, criminal, corruption, organized crime, murder, hitman, caper ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1975 ...
Place:
usa, ireland, boston, ohio, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
314K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style:
tense, realistic, neo noir, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, undercover, organized crime, fbi, mentor, investigation, working undercover, suspense, undercover agent, gang, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, florida, usa, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
412K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home ...
Style:
serious, cynical, clever, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, killings, criminal heroes, dark humor, family life, family relations, violence, ambition, mob boss, criminal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, harsh, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, heroin, mob boss, drug lord, police, drugs, gang, crime boss, drug traffic, criminal ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1968, year 1970 ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, bronx new york city, harlem, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
8K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, crime boss, organized crime, italian mafia, entrepreneur, gang, criminal, city life, testimony, vengeance, criminal heroes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Movies similar to The Godfather
1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style:
serious, epic, atmospheric, dramatic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, greed, revenge, betrayal, crime family, pride and honor, corruption, murder, wedding, gang war ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, europe, sicily ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
1.2M
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, realistic, epic, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, rise and fall, criminal heroes, mentor, drugs, suspense, friends, cosa nostra, drug traffic, gang ...
Time:
70s, 50s, year 1970, 80s, year 1963 ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, florida, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, heist, mafia, organized crime, master criminal, cosa nostra, betrayal, criminal heroes, partners, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
222K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, nightclub, suspense, tragic hero, drug dealing, drugs, gang, gunfight, prison, violence ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, talky, rough ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, cosa nostra, ambition, organized crime, american mafia, intelligence agency, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, legal, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 50s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
italy, sicily, usa, europe, naples italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Movies like Scarface
528K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, gangsters, rise and fall, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, betrayal, suspense, fbi, money ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1980 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa, midwest, kansas city, costa rica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, murder, rise and fall, police investigation, mafia, prohibition, brutality, gunfight, jail, female nudity, rivalry, gang ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, gangsters, mafia, italian mafia, female nudity, police, camorra, criminal, murder, kidnapping, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, new york, napoli italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
12K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running "the numbers". When, Madam Queen, the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem, is arrested. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson takes over the business and must ...
Style:
stylized, intense, melancholic, factual, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, african american, gunfight, violence, betrayal, corruption, death, destiny, prison, greed ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, harlem, california, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
188K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running ...
Style:
realistic, brutal, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, gang, rise and fall, organized crime, abusive husband, twins, psychopath, extortion, mental illness, violent, relationships ...
Time:
60s, 50s, year 1957, 20th century, year 2000
Place:
england, london, east end london, scotland yard, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Series like The Sopranos
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to ...
Style:
realistic, intense, captivating, factual
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, cosa nostra, informant, organized crime, judge, assassination attempt, assassination, murder, death threat, court, italian history ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s, year 1980 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, miami, rio de janeiro ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
184K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Style:
factual, brutal, intense, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, corruption, fbi, violence, murder, illness, brutality, irish mob, true crime, arms dealing ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981, year 1995 ...
Place:
boston, new jersey, usa, massachusetts, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, hitman, rise and fall, murder, ambition, criminal heroes, master criminal, gang, undercover, going straight, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Movie in collections
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal is a 2012 Colombian television series produced and broadcast on Caracol TV, about the life of Pablo Escobar. It is only available in Spanish. There is a version available with English subtitles.
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, dea, latinos, drug lord, drug dealing, rise to the top, ambition, drug traffic, terrorism, notoriety, cocaine, mafia ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
colombia, latin america, panama
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Brutal and celebrated Mafia gangster John Gotti (Danny Nucci) schemes, shoves and murders his way to the top of that world in this gritty biography told from the perspective of Salvatore Polisi (Jason Gedrick), who owns the Sinatra Club, where ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, ambition, gang, gang leader, rise to the top, dishonesty, criminal heroes, heist, tough guy, organized crime, crime boss ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Also search:
Movies like Pulp Fiction
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of New York's infamous Bonanno organized crime family. When his father disappears in 1964 and Bill ...
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, rough, semi documentary
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, tough heroes, ambition, gays and lesbians, family relations, mob violence, mafia don, cosa nostra, mafioso, criminal organization ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
30K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, intense, talky, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, gambling, casino, organized crime, gangsters, hollywood, jewish, suspense, ambition, rise and fall, love affair, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1945, 70s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Style:
tense, stylized, captivating, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, mafia, lawyer, courtroom, court, jury, lone hero, justice, outsmarting, gangsters, organized crime, vengeance ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Movie in collections
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Style:
epic, visually appealing, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, revenge, violence, guilt, murder, assassination, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, catholic church, psychology ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place:
italy, new york, palermo italy, sicily, atlantic city new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
397K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min.
Story:
A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, italian mafia, labor union, murder, gangsters, killer as protagonist, high society, prison, arrest, hitman, old man ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, chicago illinois, philadelphia, pennsylvania, cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Also search:
Shows like Narcos
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, tense, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, gangsters, drug abuse, criminal, murder, betrayal, police investigation, partners in crime, criminal heroes, rivalry, vicious, dishonor among criminals ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Style:
intense, talky, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, friendship, betrayal, vengeance, gang, greed, suspense, murder, criminal heroes, tough heroes ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 1930s, year 1917
Place:
new york, las vegas, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
24K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Jack Nicholson's portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro (Danny DeVito). The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt all the way to a conclusion ...
Style:
tense, factual, intense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, labor union, organized crime, politics, conspiracy, working class, suspense, prison, social activist, corruption, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
detroit, new jersey, michigan, new york, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, interesting
Plot:
mafia, crime gone awry, lovers on the run, wanted, partners, love and romance, couple relations, fbi, gangsters, couples, organized crime, italian mafia ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
246K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Style:
intense, harsh, stylized, entertaining, brutal ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, gang, bootlegging, smuggling, greed, prohibition, suspense, robbery, corruption, great depression ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1931, year 1940, 1940s
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Related movie lists
