Movies like Shooters
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Shooters (2002)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds from the job that landed him inside, J soon talks him into getting involved in one last scam.
Style:
rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, going straight, addiction, life is a bitch, drug dealing, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, gangster, drug abuse, dishonesty, rivalry, criminal, best friend, british, ex convict, pistol, shootout, drug dealer, gunfight, submachine gun, gun, crime, crimes
Time:
contemporary
Place:
england, london
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Most similar movies to Shooters
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about criminal heroes, gangster, drug dealing, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement and deadly mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Shooters: Illtown (1996), Essex Boys (2000), Winner Takes All (1998), The Hard Easy (2006), Two Coyotes (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
536
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Dante and his girlfrend Micky run a very profitable drug operation in a seaside town, aided and abetted by a host of teens who sell the smack at discos around town, as well as by Lucas, a corrupt cop who's on the take. Their downfall comes when ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, surreal, rough ...
Plot:
deaf, tough heroes, urban ghetto, religions or cults, vengeance, gays and lesbians, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement, rivalry, going straight, criminal heroes, society ...
Time:
year 1996, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
miami, new jersey, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it's his job to teach Billy about crime, drugs and women. Little does he know ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, murder, female pubic hair, police, ambition, criminal's revenge, gang, criminal heroes, rise and fall, rivalry, vengeance, british gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two rapper childhood friends turn to the quick and easy life of crime to support their needy parents. But after a foiled robbery, one of them is jailed while the other flees, changes his name, joins the military, and grows up to become a narcotics ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination, police investigation, buddies, rise and fall, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, life is a bitch, drug dealing, partners against crime, criminal heroes, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, kentucky
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
unlikely criminals, gang, criminal's revenge, master criminal, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, stock broker, gambling, compulsive gambler, ex wife, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A drug runner takes over a lucrative drug business only to find his new found empire crumble when a deal goes bad.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, rivalry, betrayal, criminal's revenge, gangster, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, drug dealing, addiction, law enforcement, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south america, mexico
Similarity:
40%
673
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What's the bond between partners, between brothers, and between spouses? In L.A., Bill Holt handcuffs Sean Rickhart inside a rebar frame for a freeway pillar at a construction site; Bill's going to bury Sean in quick-drying cement. Guided ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, rough, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gangster, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, rivalry, police investigation, drug dealing, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, drug abuse, showbiz ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, gangster, going straight, starting over, on the run, police investigation, gang, hitman, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, buddies ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police corruption, tough law enforcer, drug dealing, law enforcement, dishonesty, drug abuse, false accusation, addiction, partner, drug, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
There is no honor without truth. When gang wars spin out of control in downtown Washington D.C., one man steps onto the battlefirld to hunt down a ruthless killer. A young man has been released from prison and is determined to build a new life for ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, drug dealing, redemption, investigation, police corruption, friendship, tough law enforcer, police investigation, criminal heroes, law enforcement, partner, going straight ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Everybody Loves Sunshine (released in the United States as B.U.S.T.E.D.), is a 1999 British independent film written and directed by Andrew Goth, and starring Rachel Shelley, David Bowie and Goldie. In the Pepperhill Estate of Manchester, an ...
Style:
crime drama, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rock, chinese mafia, triad, gangster, urban, friends, rivalry, gang, drug dealing, going straight, hopes, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
29%
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:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, murder, vengeance, police investigation, criminal's revenge, investigation, best friend, police corruption, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, dishonesty, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, ireland, massachusetts, connecticut, usa ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tom is a middle-class city boy whose life has reached breaking point. he thinks D - a young desperate drug addict can give him what he needs. But what D’s offering comes with more than just a price tag…. Tom is completely out of his depth when ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, hood ...
Plot:
gangster, hitman, psychopath, drug dealing, master criminal, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, drug abuse, love affair, collision, addiction, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
In the idyllic suburban distopia of Orange, the affable but clueless Paul agrees to be a drug courier for Mr. Ball who's about to take delivery of a drug rumored to be "more addictive than air." Against the better judgment of his best ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film
Plot:
on the run, going straight, investigation, addiction, murder, gangster, life is a bitch, drug abuse, drug dealing, best friend, desert, hip hop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, las vegas, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
352
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. Danny goes back to his hometown to find his mother has recently died leaving him the farm on the condition that he must open the dairy and run it ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
on the run, mob boss, warehouse, gang, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, crime gone awry, betrayal, criminal heroes, going straight ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ex Boxer Tom is on the ropes, when a chance encounter at the gym leads to the offer of work as a doorman at a run down nightclub. The volatile head doorman Paul, is a battle hardened veteran from the old school. Recognising Tom for the fighter that ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nightclub, going straight, rivalry, gangster, drug dealing, ambition, boss and employee, boxer, danger, murder, athlete's life, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former drug-dealer photojournalist (Michael Paré) returns to Los Angeles and helps friends terrorized by his ex-partner (Dennis Hopper).
Style:
erotic, neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle, female nudity, skinny dipping, beach, hitman, photojournalism, drug overdose, stolen money, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, on the run ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gangster, money, rivalry, pimp, cons and scams, danger, mob boss, murder, escapades, outlaw, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gang, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, ambition, vengeance, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rookie lawyer Alec Brno has just been assigned the case of his career: exposing a billion-dollar oil scam led by a ruthless mafia boss. When he reluctantly falls for the gangster's beautiful but drug-addicted wife - also his key witness - Alec ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
gangster, courtroom, fall in love, dangerous attraction, criminal's revenge, legal investigation, hitman, addiction, drug abuse, courtroom drama, danger, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, gangster, disorder, crime gone awry, on the run, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, south america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
843
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Marcel (Gilles Maheu) emerges from prison in hopes of a reconciliation with his dying father Albert (Roger Le Bel) in this thrilling crime drama. Raped in prison, Marcel encounters a homosexual cop involved with drug smuggling who presses him for ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, rough ...
Plot:
prison rape, men's rights, lgbt, zoo, lgbtq, gay, animal life, couples, family relations, genie, prison, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
montreal, canada, quebec
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In this uncompromising vision of the gritty Korean underworld, a crystal meth dealer with a tragic past is forced to team up with a renegade cop to take down a powerful crime lord. Reminiscent of the Hong Kong action films of the 80’s but full of ...
Style:
rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police corruption, snitch, criminal's revenge, dealer, drug abuse, criminal heroes, law enforcement, drug dealing, gangster, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
busan, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
mentally challenged, psychopath, criminal heroes, mind game, unlikely criminals, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, heist, murder ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, female nudity, gangster, danger, drug dealing, chase, dishonesty, partner, car chase, drug abuse, hitman, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
259
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A teen commits murder, gets away with it and a year later, he turns himself in, but before doing so, he confesses to the victim's family.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, going straight, haunted by the past, police investigation, criminal heroes, gangster, redemption, teenage life, society, crime gone awry, drug dealing, hopes ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Undercover officer Nick had spent the last seven years penetrating into the core of a drug ring working his way up from a street dealer post to the managerial position handling cargo deliveries for Kwan - the biggest player in the local heroin ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
undercover, drug dealing, mole, working undercover, drug abuse, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, tragic hero, moral dilemma, organized crime, triad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia
Similarity:
22%
216
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, working undercover, urban ghetto life, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An American (Robert Stack) talks a retired French crook (Jean Gabin) into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
Style:
cynical, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, restaurant, bank, kidnapping, criminal heroes, dishonesty, confined, rivalry, adventurer, drug dealing, clergy, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
france
Similarity:
22%
446
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway, Queens. Upon his return, Trane encounters his old friend Dave, who describes the new forces of crime and ...
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
vigilantism, downfall, police corruption, soldier, vengeance, gangster, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, gang, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, south america, middle east
Similarity:
22%
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