Movies and TV shows like Peaky Blinders

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Peaky Blinders (2013)
 8.8
 638K
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 2109 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, rough, suspenseful, realistic, period piece ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gangster, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, mob boss, power struggle, crime boss, family relations, rivalry, society, rise to the top, shooting, business venture, leader, killings, corruption, urban, world war one, criminal heroes, brother brother relationship, gypsy, fighting crime ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era, victorian, 20s ...
Place: england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, london
Keyword: gangsters, irish, bbc, matriarch

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Most similar movies to Peaky Blinders

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and rough films and TV series with plots about organized crime, gangster, mafia, criminal, gang, female nudity and mobster mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Peaky Blinders: Boardwalk Empire (2010), The Godfather (1972), Gangs of New York (2002), Sons of Anarchy (2008), Power (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Boardwalk Empire (2010)
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, costume drama, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gangster, mob boss, organized crime, prohibition, smuggling, criminal heroes, corruption, politician, mobster, female nudity, american history ...
Time: 1920s, 2000s, 2010s, 1900s, year 2010 ...
Place: new jersey, usa, cuba, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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The Godfather (1972)
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, dramatic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot: mafia, organized crime, gangster, greed, revenge, mob boss, crime family, mobster, cosa nostra, wedding, pride and honor, corruption ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place: italy, new york, bronx new york city, europe, sicily ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Gangs of New York (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
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: epic, rough, tense, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, gang, gangster, vengeance, organized crime, street gang, racism, crime boss, betrayal, violent, courage, gang war ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, edwardian era, 50s ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 8.6
 321K
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
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: serious, tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: biker, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, prison, organized crime, gang, power struggle, group of criminals, criminal, young man, arms dealing, friends ...
Time: 2010s, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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 52K
Power (2014)
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: serious, tense, realistic, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: nightclub, nightlife, drug dealing, ambition, nightclub owner, businessman, organized crime, money laundering, sexual activity, drug lord, double life, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Gangs of London (2020)
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: rough, exciting, brutal, intellectual, suspense
Plot: mafia, gang war, organized crime, crime family, violence, father son relationship, murder, criminal, danger, bandit, gangster, mobster ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 8.2
 43K
Animal Kingdom (2016)
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: tense, exciting, captivating, erotic, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, crime family, danger, heist, dysfunctional family, family conflict, escapades, gay brother, twists and turns, brother brother relationship, friendship, ex convict ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 7.2
 253K
Lawless (2012)
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, suspense, harsh, stylized, entertaining ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, bootlegging, smuggling, corruption, greed, gang, vigilante, prohibition, great depression, violence, robbery ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s, year 1940 ...
Place: virginia, usa, america, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 9.2
 464K
The Sopranos (1999)
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, psychological, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, mafia, killings, mob boss, dark humor, criminal heroes, family life, gangster, violence, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 8.3
 93K
Ray Donovan (2013)
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, tense, clever, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: identity crisis, hollywood, nudity, power relations, blackmail, relatives, family feud, family problems, trauma, family relations, businessman, family secret ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, chicago, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Godfather Part II (1974)
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, suspense, serious, visual ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: mafia, organized crime, cosa nostra, revenge, mobster, ambition, melancholy, mob boss, corruption, corrupt politician, gangster, murder ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, 1940s, year 1974 ...
Place: cuba, new york, las vegas, italy, sicily ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008)
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, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: gang, mafia, organized crime, police, criminal heroes, gangster, law enforcement, drug dealing, police detective, dishonesty, violence, italian mafia ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Black Donnellys (2007)
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, mob boss, murder, vengeance, blind ambition, family business, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, ireland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.5
 343K
Ozark (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, spectacular ...
Plot: money laundering, drug cartel, danger, family relations, rivalry, murder, investigation, drug, teenage girl, organized crime, mafia, violence ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, missouri, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.6
 44K
Gomorrah (2014)
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, tense, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, gangster, strong violent content, urban, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, naples italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
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, saga ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, crime boss, gang war, mobster, lawyer, melancholy, corrupt politician, police corruption, parent child relationship, rise to power, casino, patriarch ...
Time: 1930s, 1950s, 1920s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, cuba, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 8.1
 22K
Ripper Street (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: serial killer, danger, killings, police detective, victim, victorian england, investigator, multiple suspects, jack the ripper, notoriety, murder, urban ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, future, 1890s, 1880s
Place: england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.7
 9K
The Take (2009)
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: mob boss, mafia, respect, power struggle, relatives, british, betrayal, criminal heroes, gangster, crime boss, ex convict, victim ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: england, london, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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 7.6
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Mayans M.C. (2018)
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, rough, tense, serious, spectacular ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: motorcycle gang, street gang, latinos, organized crime, motorcycle, biker, gang war, drug traffic, power struggle, rivalry, lifestyle, threat ...
Place: southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.4
 92K
Narcos: Mexico (2018)
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: suspense, atmospheric, captivating, crime drama, intense ...
Plot: drug cartel, organized crime, marijuana, undercover agent, business, corruption, drug lord, cartel, drug, gang, criminal, drug dealing ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 560K
Casino (1995)
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, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, gambling, money, greed, mobster, betrayal, cosa nostra, criminal heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1995, 80s, 90s ...
Place: las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 8K
Brotherhood (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A working-class Irish family rules a city built on loyalty and corruption. The Caffee brothers, Tommy, a rising politician desperate for reelection, and Michael, a hardened criminal returning from seven years on the run and eager to reclaim his ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, political ...
Plot: irish mob, politician, family relations, dysfunctional family, mafia, criminal, profanity, family problems, ambition, political corruption, criminal heroes, politics ...
Place: usa, ireland, rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 8.3
 12K
Brigada (2002)
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: organized crime, russian mafia, crime boss, mob boss, friendship, criminal heroes, gang, mafia, murder, cocaine, buddies, characters in danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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La Reina del Sur (2011)
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: serious, suspenseful, novela, tense, suspense ...
Plot: life is a bitch, rise to the top, power struggle, mafia, drug dealing, cocaine, mob boss, rivalry, vengeance, drug traffic, organized crime, gang war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, europe, spain, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.9
 32K
Lilyhammer (2012)
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, lifestyle change, blackmail, starting over, middle aged, business venture, small town life, businessman, fish out of water, gangster ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 7.9
 54K
The Borgias (2011)
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, costume drama ...
Plot: historical character, intrigue, siblings relations, greed, brother sister incest, sex scene, ambition, lust, clergy, medieval, catholic church, sin ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place: rome italy, italy, ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.8
 7K
Halka (2019)
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, serious, captivating, cynical ...
Plot: organized crime, killings, murderer, family relations, gangster, power relations, ambition, cruelty, criminal, introspection, outlaw, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: gang leader, black cast, mobster, gang war, gang, violence, danger, crime boss, organized crime, power struggle, showdown, criminal gang ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, 2010s
Place: harlem, new york, harlem, new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Long Good Friday (1980)
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: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: ira, gangster, organized crime, mafia, car bomb, danger, crime boss, revenge, rivalry, great ending, underworld, murder ...
Time: 70s, year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place: england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.4
 40K
Warrior (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious ...
Style: exciting, brutal, atmospheric, captivating, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: martial arts, gang war, rivalry, hand to hand combat, gang member, business, fistfight, fight, kung fu, smuggling, master warrior, criminal ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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