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Joe Petrosino (2006)
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Genre: Crime
Country: Italy
Story:
Italian drama starring Beppe Fiorello, Sebastiano Lo Monaco and Anna Ammirati
Style:
serious, detective, period piece, tense, emotional, political, heroic, realistic, suspenseful, retro ...
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, investigation, historical figure, biopic, justice, corruption, organized crime, law enforcement, police procedural, courage, sacrifice, immigration, assassination, conservative, crime family, revenge, portrait, investigative journalism, murder, mob boss, nypd, italian american
Time:
90s, turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, new york, palermo italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, dark and crime drama films with plots about corruption, investigation, revenge, organized crime, betrayal, moral ambiguity and police procedural mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Joe Petrosino: L'attentatuni (2001), I Am the Law (1977), The State-Mafia Pact (2014), Dusk for a Hitman (2023), Simple Justice (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The investigations of the Italian Police antimafia Branch searching the murderers of judge Giovanni Falcone.
Style:
crime drama, captivating, thrilling, detective, bleak ...
Plot:
mafia, investigation, crime family, organized crime, assassination, uncover truth, crime solving, who done it, forensics, police detective, police investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
sicily
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man (Giuliano Gemma) has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it. ...
Style:
historical drama, crime drama, serious, period piece, poliziottesco ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, violence, police procedural, criminal underworld, law enforcement, corruption, cosa nostra, fascism, investigation, moral ambiguity, dictatorship ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
sicily, italy, palermo italy
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story about how the pact beetween Italian State and Mafia was inked with innocence blood.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, controversial ...
Plot:
mafia, corruption, gangster, society, controversy, organized crime, political conspiracy, true crime, negotiation, betrayal, cover up, assassination ...
Place:
italy, sicily
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, the most feared hitman in the Montreal underworld, Donald Lavoie, found himself hunted down by his former accomplices and by a tenacious police officer.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
hitman, betrayal, manhunt, killer, investigation, organized crime, underworld, killing, police officer, crime and punishment, criminal underworld, accomplice ...
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal, quebec
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Crime
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Varg Veum investigates the murder of a married couple; prime suspect is the stepson, but Veum does not think he is guilty. Not even when he confesses.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, private investigator, private detective, uncover truth, law enforcement, race against time, life is a bitch, twists and turns, danger, moral ambiguity, drug abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an unknown assailant viciously murders the participants in a bank robbery and murder case, it could be a case of vigilante justice - that is, if the two cases are connected. That's for the police to decide - and it's a puzzle that ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, bank robbery, investigation, crime investigation, justice, vigilante justice, police procedural, courtroom, suspect, revenge, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The brutal brothers from Bethnal Green are back and bloodier than ever in Fall of the Krays. Following on from the ferocious Rise Of The Krays, Fall of the Krays picks up the story of the infamous Firm as the cracks start to show in the brothers ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, brothers, criminal, criminal underworld, crime boss, secret, brother brother relationship, investigation, business, crime family, rise and fall ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A judge decides to dedicate his life to go after the members of the 'Ndrangheta-mafia, when he meets a young heir who longs for a life without criminality.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, crime family, justice, criminal, judge, gang, crime boss, mafioso, outlaw gang, bandit, criminal gang ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Chaudhry – The Martyr is an upcoming biopic action film. The film features Tariq Islam, Shamoon Abbasi, Arbaaz Khan, and Zara Abid in lead roles. Chaudhry - The Martyr is directed by Azeem Sajjad.
Style:
realistic, heroic, intense, bleak, patriotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sacrifice, martyrdom, law enforcement, biopic, police officer, terrorism, tribute, courage, bravery, honor, justice, urban ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime
Country: South Africa
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 2012, Deon Steenkamp was murdered along with his wife Christel and their teenage daughter Marthella on their farm Naauwhoek. GRIEKWASTAD, based on the bestselling true crime novel by Jacques Steenkamp, tells the tale of the search to find the ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, psychological, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, true crime, problem, uncover truth, murderer, crime solving, sleuth, secret, crime investigation, murder, murder investigation ...
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Republic. He's strictly incorruptible, working hard and refusing even to shake hands ...
Style:
crime drama, realistic, serious, intense, heroic ...
Plot:
mafia, justice, organized crime, courage, assassination, social commentary, biopic, investigation, whistleblower, ethical dilemma, martyr, power struggle ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The fall of mob boss John Gotti
Style:
tension, suspenseful, period drama
Plot:
mafia, lawyer, courtroom, true crime, mob boss, prosecution, organized crime, trial, criminal trial, justice, biopic, determination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
44%
160
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, noir ...
Plot:
who done it, police officer, murder investigation, graphic violence, death, partner, law enforcer, society, murderer, chase, evidence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
Style:
noir, poliziottesco, crime drama, dramatic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, corruption, police commissioner, underworld, mature, power struggle, betrayal, revenge, vendetta, violent, investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Carmelo and Gino, are raised by their mob boss grandfather Salvatore Gianni. After the murder of their grandfather the two must join forces to track down the killer. No one is ruled out as a suspect, including one of the family. How ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, organized crime, mafia, family relations, drug abuse, crime family, mob boss, crime boss, cosa nostra, brothers, family drama, criminal underworld ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, los angeles
Similarity:
41%
73
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Story:
Officer Tracy Smith deals with family, the reoccurring nightmare of the brutal murder of his parents and his Secret Internal Investigation of a Special Narcotics Unit. Tracy quickly learns that being a Detroit Narcotics Officer nothing is what it ...
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, intense, noir ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, law enforcement, police procedural, narcotics, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, internal affairs, urban, undercover, betrayal, violence ...
Place:
detroit
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An innocent American engineer is blackmailed by gangsters into a plot to assassinate his cousin, who is a judge in Sicily fighting the Mafia.
Style:
serious, tense, crime thriller, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
mafia, danger, organized crime, blackmail, corruption, betrayal, justice, criminal conspiracy, threat, family conflict, underworld, assassination ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A gang of notorious criminals go about looting houses, raping and murdering women. Chalapathy, a brave and brilliant police officer, sets out to capture the gang and bring them to justice.
Style:
brutal, crime drama, disturbing, dark, intense ...
Plot:
robbery, true crime, gang, murder, violence, rape, rape and murder, savage, law enforcement, justice, police procedural, investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
kannada, india
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When three childhood friends are brought back together after years apart, a string of mysterious and brutal "Jack The Ripper" inspired murders erupt, pitting friends against foe in this 80's-style police thriller.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, enigmatic, mysterious, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, police, old friend, murder mystery, serial killer, puzzle, friends, murder investigation, reunited friends, murder, uncover truth, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Former cop Michael Lombardi is accused of murder, and only his brother, Roman, is convinced of his innocence. Now the suspicion is moving to Roman when his superiors make an important discovery.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
manhunt, police detective, police investigation, murder investigation, brother brother relationship, murder, assassin, sniper, mercenary, murder mystery, corruption, investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a cash-strapped man learns his daughter has a brain tumor, he turns to his old Staten Island buddies to get back into their “family business.”
Style:
crime thriller, serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
brain tumor, heist, daughter, life turned upside down, child illness, sick child, friends, illness, cancer patient, betrayal, family relations, money ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
Style:
tense, realistic, crime drama, detective, suspense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, murder investigation, murder mystery, police procedural, investigation, suspect, assassination attempt, woman, whodunit, nypd, murder, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Godfather's story is the story of the greatest of Czech post-revolutionary 'entrepreneurs'. His activities often crossed the edge of the law, and his life ended bullet assassin.
Style:
captivating, intense, political thriller, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, justice, fighting the system, fight for justice, corrupt politician, political corruption, political intrigue, fighting crime, politics, political unrest, showdown ...
Time:
90s
Place:
czech republic, central europe
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Crime
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of Peter Macari alias Mr. Brown. Under a grand extortion scam, he steals $500,000 in cash from Australian airlines company Qantas. This begins ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, suspenseful, period piece, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, manhunt, con man, investigation, extortion, escape, fraud, police procedural, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, biopic, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
20 years of perseverance, hot-blooded teenagers finally become the people's hero.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, gang, government corruption, investigation, justice, police procedural, law enforcement, criminal gang, police, mafia, chinese mafia ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Nino never wanted the life of a gangster, but when his father, Don Corleone is gunned down in the street, he must answer the call for revenge. Now Nino is Da Last Don and the family business is in his hands...a world of deceit, back room deals and ...
Style:
hood, crime thriller, family saga, crime drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
gangster, ghetto, mafia, organized crime, violence, revenge, crime boss, hip hop, corruption, betrayal, loyalty, power struggle ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
Sperling is a crime film series of the channel ZDF.
Style:
detective, suspense, tension, dark, realistic
Plot:
crime investigation, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, justice, european, mature, character study, urban, whodunit, fat man, organized crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Looks at the life of mafia boss Salvatore Giancana. Especially his troubled relationship with his family.
Style:
period piece, dramatic, dark, suspenseful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mob boss, mafia, organized crime, gangster, father daughter relationship, crime family, family drama, corruption, biopic, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, betrayal ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
33%
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