Movies and TV shows like Peaky Blinders
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Peaky Blinders (2013)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, stylized, captivating, clever, suspenseful, rough, realistic, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, rivalry, society, family relations, mob boss, rise to the top, leader, criminal, business venture, killings, corruption, world war one, criminal heroes, rivals, brother brother relationship, gypsy, fighting crime ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s, 20s, contemporary
Place:
england, ireland, london, britain
Most similar movies to Peaky Blinders
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and captivating films and TV series with plots about mafia, gangsters, organized crime, criminal, gang, murder and criminal heroes mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Peaky Blinders: Boardwalk Empire (2010), Gangs of New York (2002), Power (2014), Gangs of London (2020), The Godfather (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, mob boss, organized crime, prohibition, criminal heroes, corruption, smuggling, businessman, americana, ambitious, elimination ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city, new york, chicago illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
96%

Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style:
tense, stylized, epic, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gang, gangsters, vengeance, organized crime, street gang, violent, crime boss, betrayal, courage, racism, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 50s, 1840s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
James “Ghost” St. Patrick has it all: a beautiful wife, a gorgeous Manhattan penthouse, and the hottest, up-and-coming new nightclub in New York. His club, Truth, caters to the elite: the famous and infamous boldface names that run the city that ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
nightlife, ambition, nightclub, drug dealing, businessman, double life, money laundering, organized crime, nightclub owner, sexual activity, drug lord, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, ...
Style:
brutal, rough, exciting, intellectual
Plot:
mafia, gang war, organized crime, bandit, violence, father son relationship, crime family, murder, gangsters, mercenary, gang, gunfight ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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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 ⇓
84%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, prison, criminal, gang, power struggle, group of criminals, young man, organized crime, arms dealing, friends ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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 ⇓
83%

Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, erotic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal, crime family, heist, dysfunctional family, gay brother, escapades, family conflict, brother brother relationship, twists and turns, friendship, antisocial personality disorder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, clever, tense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
hollywood, identity crisis, family secret, power relations, teamwork, blackmail, relatives, family feud, intrigue, family problems, expert, family relations ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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 ⇓
64%
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TV series like Power

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA, Spain, Colombia
Duration: 378 min.
TV show
Story:
After years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Plot:
rivalry, life is a bitch, mafia, rise to the top, gangsters, power struggle, cocaine, drug dealing, vengeance, mob boss, criminal heroes, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, europe, spain, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, rough, serious, thrilling ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle gang, street gang, latinos, organized crime, criminal, gangsters, motorcycle, gang war, drug traffic, power struggle, threat, lifestyle ...
Place:
southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
TV show
Story:
Romanzo Criminale – La serie - is a television series Italian based on the eponymous novel by judge Giancarlo De Cataldo, and it is the second adaptation of the film Romanzo Criminale directed by Michele Placido. The first series quickly achieved ...
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, gangsters, mafia, organized crime, criminal heroes, drug dealing, law enforcement, dishonesty, police detective, police, violence, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, tense, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, killings, victim, police detective, responsibility, investigator, victorian england, multiple suspects, notoriety, jack the ripper, murder, who done it ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1880s, 1890s
Place:
england, london, europe, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%

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, serious, visually appealing, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, revenge, ambition, melancholy, cosa nostra, immigrants, corruption, corrupt politician, murder, crime boss ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, 60s ...
Place:
new york, cuba, italy, las vegas, sicily ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Brigada, also known as Law of the Lawless, is a Russian 15-episode crime mini-series that debuted in 2002. It became very popular, but received mixed reviews due to accusations in aestheticization of violence. The miniseries follows the story of ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot:
russian mafia, organized crime, russian, crime boss, mob boss, characters in danger, gangsters, criminal heroes, gang, mafia, murder, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Meet the Donnelly brothers: Tommy, Jimmy, Kevin and Sean. There is nothing these four Irish brothers wouldn't do to protect each other, and for them that means lying, cheating, stealing and, occasionally, calling the cops. Narrated by wannabe ...
Style:
captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, murder, gangsters, vengeance, blind ambition, family business, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, ireland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 434 min.
TV show
Story:
A seven-hours-plus adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" and "The Godfather, Part II" - with new scenes added and some old ones lengthened. Originally broadcast on the NBC television network in November of ...
Style:
epic, serious, captivating, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, crime boss, gang war, parent child relationship, police corruption, suburbs, man hits a woman, melancholy, corrupt politician, lawyer, criminal ...
Time:
50s, 1930s, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
cuba, italy, europe, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Frank Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt), is a former member of the New York mob. After testifying in a trial in the United States, Tagliano is relocated to Lillehammer in Norway through the FBI's witness protection program. Frank Tagliano was ...
Style:
witty, talky, stylized, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, culture clash, dark humor, gangsters, lifestyle change, blackmail, starting over, middle aged, business venture, small town life, businessman, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
norway, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
41K

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, camorra, rivalry, drug lord, mob boss, gang war, social decay, society, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, italian mafia ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, napoli italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Freddie Jackson is just out of prison. He's done his time, made the right connections and now he's ready to use them. His wife Jackie dreams of having her husband home but she's forgotten the rows and the girls Freddie can't ...
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mob boss, mafia, respect, british, criminal heroes, power struggle, relatives, crime boss, betrayal, ex convict, prison ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
england, london, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%

Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, intense, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
drug cartel, organized crime, marijuana, undercover agent, corruption, criminal, gang, drugs, suspense, gangsters, drug dealing, business ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Hungary, Ireland, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth ...
Style:
serious, clever, captivating, epic, realistic ...
Plot:
intrigue, historical character, rivalry, sex scene, brother sister incest, siblings relations, greed, ambition, lust, clergy, sin, corruption ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, florence
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
Style:
exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, police corruption, police detective, police brutality, corrupt cop, murder, partners, dishonesty, cruelty, drugs, criminal, racism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Two different young men coming together from different places stand side by side and fight against a conspiracy. They go after a past that doesn't leave behind. They bring to account of old notebooks, dirty cases, big and small lies. ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, serious, cynical ...
Plot:
gangsters, killings, organized crime, crime boss, murderer, family relations, power relations, introspection, parents and children, rise to the top, cruelty, ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, crime family, criminal underworld, mob boss, mafioso, organized crime, criminal, suspense, family relations, criminal's revenge, criminal gang ...
Place:
montreal, quebec, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future ...
Style:
cynical, tense, atmospheric, harsh, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, ira, mafia, organized crime, car bomb, gang, crime boss, revenge, rivalry, twists and turns, violence, brutality ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
england, ireland, london, europe, tower bridge london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
organized crime, criminal, gang, criminal heroes, gang war, ex convict, addiction, rivalry, life is a bitch, graphic violence, irish, young man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, bleak, stylized, dark ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gang, society, coming of age, organized crime, journalism, gang war, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, photographer, police corruption, gangsters, drug dealing ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil, south america, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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