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Loving Pablo (2017)
24K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.
Style:
factual, serious, exciting, rough, brutal, independent film, crime drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, drug cartel, cocaine, latinx lead, pablo escobar, colombian drug cartel, assassination, lovers, congress, drug traffic, drug dealing, fighting crime, journalist, murder, drug, mafia, minister, biopic, power struggle, fight for supremacy, prison, escaped prisoner, drug smuggling, flashback, female journalist ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, year 1993, year 1982, year 1992, year 2017, 90s ...
Place:
colombia, south america, panama, latin america, florida
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Most similar movies to Loving Pablo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspense films with plots about gangster, drug dealing, drug, mafia, murder, gang and crime family mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Loving Pablo: Scarface (1983), Cocaine Godmother (2017), El Chapo (2017), The Infiltrator (2016), Blow (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, cult classic, breathtaking, rough ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, drug lord, gunfight, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, violence, badass ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, bolivia, cuba, florida ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with ...
Style:
factual, tense, captivating, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
drug smuggling, colombian drug cartel, woman, gang, drug cartel, mother, smuggler, cocaine, parent child relationship, drug, arrest, drug dealer ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
100%
22K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Style:
realistic, captivating, factual, atmospheric, inspirational ...
Plot:
cartel, drug cartel, drug lord, business, gang, fight for supremacy, criminal, drug dealing, drug, drug trade, crime boss, mafia ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Style:
suspense, realistic, factual, novela, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug lord, drug cartel, money laundering, money, addiction, drug, federal agent, investigation, undercover agent, drug addiction, biopic, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2016, 80s, year 1985, 20th century, 70s
Place:
colombia, florida, middle east, usa, latin america
Similarity:
100%
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286K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style:
touching, depressing, emotional, dramatic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug lord, drug dealing, drug abuse, drug, drug traffic, drug cartel, rise and fall, drug use, friendship, addiction, gangster ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 80s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
latin america, california, south america, usa, colombia ...
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67%
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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:
neo noir, clever, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, undercover, organized crime, mobster, mentor, fbi, working undercover, italian mafia, fbi agent, undercover agent, law enforcement, friends ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, miami, florida, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
Audience:
teens
Plot:
student, drug dealing, marijuana, love, prison, jealousy, teenager, high school, drug dealer, cocaine, murder, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, usa
Similarity:
100%
167K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. ...
Style:
road movie, crime drama, exciting, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
old man, drug cartel, drug smuggling, drug, dea, drug crime, pickup truck, mexican drug cartel, police, driver, cartel, mountain ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, 2010s, year 2005, year 1958
Place:
mexico, texas, chicago, el paso texas, south america ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 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, sensual, erotic, captivating ...
Plot:
drug cartel, organized crime, marijuana, undercover agent, corruption, drug lord, mexican drug cartel, drug, gang, criminal, drug dealing, cocaine ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, north america, new mexico
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Sweden
Story:
Eric is in his mid twenties and suffers from severe anxiety. He spends his days trying to get rid of his inner demons , this is by consuming lots of alcohol and the drugs he comes across . Why does Eric feel and act like this, and will his behavior ...
Style:
controversial, brutal, exciting, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
junkie, anxiety, drug, drug lord, drug smuggling, fight for supremacy, outlaw, minister, gangster, journalist, murder, mafia ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Different solution new movie ;-) The Preacher tells the story about the rise and fall off a dutch mafiaboss. The movie is based on the story of Klaas Bruinsma.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, betrayal, assassination, dishonesty, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, hitman, gunfight, true crime, crime family, killing spree, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
holland, amsterdam
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The real life story of Andres Lopez Lopez aka "Frecita" during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle"
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
colombian drug cartel, gangster, violence, gang, drug, organized crime, rise to the top, ambition, drug dealing, drug cartel, criminal heroes, money ...
Place:
colombia, south america, latin america, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 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, serious, stylized, novela, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, dea, latinos, organized crime, master criminal, drug dealing, smuggling, drug traffic, terrorism, rise to the top, ambition, gangster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
colombia, latin america, panama
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
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:
tense, realistic, clever, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, mob boss, drug traffic, heroin, violence, smuggling, crime boss, ghetto, police ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1968, year 1970, year 2007 ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, vietnam, brooklyn new york city, cuba ...
Similarity:
21%
1.4M
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, homoerotic, realistic, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, violence, mentor, mobster, drug traffic, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, psychopath ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 90s, year 1990, year 1980 ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, florida, italy, usa ...
Similarity:
21%
10K
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:
realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
italian mafia, crime boss, mafia, mobster, gangster, gangsta, organized crime, crime family, biopic, american mafia, mob boss, mob hit ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
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:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, hitman, rise and fall, murder, criminal heroes, undercover, rivalry, master criminal, going straight, downfall, police corruption, gangster ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, florida
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the 90's, In Rio de Janeiro, the middle-class João Guilherme Estrella is introduced to the world of drugs consuming maconha and cocaine first and later becoming a drug-dealer with many connections inclusive in Europe. However, he spends all ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
prison, drug lord, ambition, drug dealing, buddies, couple relations, life is a bitch, addiction, partner, hopes, criminal heroes, downfall ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
rio de janeiro, south america, venice, latin america, brazil
Similarity:
20%
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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, suspense, captivating, intense, factual ...
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, gangster, trial, sex, mob boss, sicilian mafia, organized crime, italian history, assassination attempt, assassination ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, year 2000, year 1992, year 1984 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, rio de janeiro, miami ...
Similarity:
20%
18K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
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:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, disgusting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, brutality, godfather, federal bureau of investigation, organized crime, mobster, criminal heroes, cosa nostra, father son relationship, american mafia, mafia, family relations ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 2002 ...
Place:
columbus ohio, new york, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another crime, Dan is determined to put an end to their activities. He works with the leader, whom the ...
Style:
psychological, heroic, detective, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, redemption, tough law enforcer, gang, law enforcement, urban, police officer, blood donor, police officer killed, police shootout, obsession, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, hong kong
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, Belgium, Panama
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, date night
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealing, gangster, forbidden love, young lovers, family relations, murder, siblings relations, mafia, uncle niece relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 2014, 80s, 90s, year 1991
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
19%
33K
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, period piece, stylized, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, casino, gambling, biopic, organized crime, hollywood, rise and fall, ambition, love affair, elimination, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Colombia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
World-weary arthur Fernando has returned to his native Colombia to live out his days in peace. But Fernando's once-quiet hometown has become a hotbed of violence, drugs and corruption. On the brink of despair, Fernando meets Alexis, a ...
Style:
meditative, thought provoking, rough, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
gay, murder, man boy relationship, poverty, vengeance, gang, lgbt, homosexual, drug dealing, teenage life, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colombia, los angeles, south america, usa, tokyo ...
Similarity:
19%
44K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison.
Style:
disturbing, cynical, rough, brutal, dark ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
criminal, prison, true crime, convict, brutality, prison life, dark humor, character study, gangster, murder, eccentricity, judge ...
Time:
year 2000, 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, 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:
brutal, suspense, talky, intense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, mob boss, irish mob, gang war, corruption, hitman, gang, criminal, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time:
70s, year 2011, 60s, 20th century, year 1960 ...
Place:
usa, ireland, ohio, new york, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
19%
599
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story:
When a boatload of cannabis belonging to Moroccan drug lord El Feo is hijacked, the robbery has repercussions stretching across three countries.
Style:
brutal, suspense, rough, serious
Plot:
drug traffic, power struggle, drug cartel, drug dealing, fight for supremacy, reality competition, bandit, drug smuggling, drug lord, manipulation, marijuana, drug ...
Similarity:
19%
48K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS ...
Style:
hood, sincere, melancholic, factual, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, african american, urban ghetto life, music, biopic, rising to stardom, musician, fame, success, ghetto, female singer, sacrifice ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 80s, year 1983, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, los angeles, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
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:
mafia, crime family, organized crime, gangster, tough heroes, ambition, gays and lesbians, crime boss, mafioso, criminal underworld, criminal syndicate, mafia don ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Colombia, Ecuador
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, independent film, depressing, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug dealing, immigrant, human trafficking, friendship, coming of age, depression, drug, illegal immigration, women, drug abuse, addiction, character study ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, new york, south america, new jersey, latin america ...
Similarity:
18%
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