Movies and TV shows like Mad Dogs

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Mad Dogs (2011)
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Mad Dogs (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mad Dogs is a British black comedy and psychological thriller television series created by Cris Cole that began airing on Sky1 on 10 February 2011. It is produced by Left Bank Pictures, and co-produced by Palma Pictures. The series stars John Simm, Marc Warren, Max Beesley, and Philip Glenister as four long-time and middle-aged friends getting together in a villa in Majorca to celebrate the early retirement of their friend Alvo. However, after Alvo is murdered, the group find themselves caught up in the world of crime and police corruption. The series was initially a story about a rock band, but changed after a feeling that bands have been "done to death". After gaining interest from some terrestrial networks, the series was commissioned by British Sky Broadcasting. Filming took place on location throughout the island of Majorca in May 2010, and took around four million euros and 44 days to make. The main themes are friendship and growing older; Glenister said it is about ageing and "getting closer to death". Photographer David LaChapelle directed three 30-second advertisements for the series. Mad Dogs opened with 1.61 million viewers, the 17th highest rated programme ever for Sky1, and attracted positive reactions from critics. They noted similarities with British gangster films, more predominantly the 2000 film Sexy Beast.
Style: atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, surreal, psychological thriller, dark, social, dark comedy, clever, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, friends, twists and turns, nothing goes right, dark humor, millionaire, greed, weekend, unlikely criminals, right and wrong, murder, cia, corruption, midlife crisis, disorder, humour, satire, friendship between men, friendship, party, businessman, vacation, deception, boat, profanity ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: spain, europe
Keyword: bbc

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Most similar movies to Mad Dogs

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and tense films and TV series with plots about murder, dishonesty, twists and turns, investigation, mafia, dark humor and disorder mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Mad Dogs: Breaking Bad (2008), The Wrong Mans (2013), Suicide Kings (1997), The Good Cop (2018), Snatch (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mad Dogs (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story: When a group of underachieving 40-something friends gather in Belize to celebrate the early retirement of an old friend, a series of wild, comedic events unfold, exposing dark secrets and a web of lies, deception and murder.
Style: tense, captivating, humorous, light, exciting ...
Plot: murder, group of friends, friendship, disorder, dark humor, dishonesty, celebration, investigation, drug lord, friendship between men, conspiracy, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: central america, latin america
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Breaking Bad (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: criminal, cancer, peril, life turned upside down, drug dealing, drug cartel, unlikely partners, drug lord, master criminal, family problems, life is a bitch, drug ...
Time: y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Wrong Mans (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption.
Style: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, hilarious, laugh out loud ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mistaken identity, buddies, wrong place wrong time, partner, escapades, life turned upside down, blackmail, comedy of errors, dishonesty, mafia, investigation, satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 29K
Suicide Kings (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Christopher Walken shines in this cult-favorite dark comedy as Charlie, a former mobster who is abducted by five privileged young men (Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Henry Thomas) desperate to raise a $2 million ransom ...
Style: dark comedy, tense, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, mafia, manipulation, gangster, twists and turns, mobster, organized crime, mansion, nothing goes right, confined, disorder ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Good Cop (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Honest cop Tony Jr. gets advice from his unscrupulous father, retired NYPD officer Tony Sr., about everything from his job to his love life.
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, humorous, talky
Plot: nypd, father son relationship, odd couple, dishonesty, life philosophy, mentor, corruption, fighting crime, dark humor, twists and turns, police investigation, investigator ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Snatch (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A group of up-and-coming hustlers stumble upon a truckload of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime.
Style: exciting, humorous, surprise ending
Plot: heist, organized crime, robbery, partners in crime, greed, mafia, gem, boxing, cons and scams, dark humor, crime gone awry, nothing goes right ...
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100%
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Hidden (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: When a mysterious lawyer Gina Hawkes turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client he agrees to take on the job but is unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother 20 years ago. Harry quickly finds himself ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, twists and turns, haunted by the past, who to trust, lawyers and clients, investigation, political conspiracy, murder, uncover truth, politics, conspiracy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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25%
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State of Play (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story: A thriller set in London, in which a politician's life becomes increasingly complex as his research assistant is found dead on the London Underground and, in a seemingly unrelated incident, a teenage pickpocket is shot dead.
Style: political thriller, political, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot: conspiracy, journalism, politics, murder, journalist, corruption, twists and turns, political corruption, manipulation, moral ambiguity, state affairs, political conspiracy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, britain, europe, london, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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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 ⇓
50%
The Shadow Line (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A noir thriller with diverse individuals whose worlds become interwoven after the murder of drug baron Harvey Wratten. From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, detective, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, who to trust, police corruption, uncover truth, investigation, conspiracy, forensics, mysterious character, hitman, one last job, death, secret ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 8.4
 11K
Terriers (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, dark comedy, detective, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, team, murder, private investigator, private detective, partner, suspicion, teamwork, buddies, investigator, lawyer, murder mystery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, san diego california
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20%
 8.4
 32K
Life on Mars (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 959 min.
TV show
Story: Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural, featuring an officer from the Greater Manchester Police who travels back in ...
Style: detective, surreal, captivating, tense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police detective, police investigation, investigation, time travel, culture clash, partner, disorder, rivalry, fighting crime, twists and turns, time loop ...
Time: future, 20th century, 2000s, 70s
Place: northern england, manchester, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Inside Men (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: The story of three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multi-million pound cash heist.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: heist, perfect crime, partners in crime, group of criminals, workplace, temptation, workplace situations, twists and turns, bank robber, murder mystery, violent content, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.3
 66K
Shallow Grave (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Style: neo noir, dark comedy, black comedy, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: friendship, manipulation, betrayal, greed, cop, roommate, crime gone awry, paranoia, deception, dark humor, caper, heist ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: scotland, britain, edinburgh scotland, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 4K
Spotless (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in London, SPOTLESS is the story of a troubled crime scene cleaner, Jean, whose tidy life is turned upside down when his outlaw brother Martin crash lands into his world, entangling them in the deadly dynamics of organized crime.
Style: tense, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disorder, haunted by the past, family problems, violent content, gangster, brother brother relationship, murder, crime boss, graphic violence, courtroom drama, mental health, mafia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Homegrown (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up ...
Style: suspenseful, stylized, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: weed, marijuana, drug abuse, murder, mafia, gunfight, greed, drug dealing, police investigation, crime gone awry, drug addiction, corruption ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, northern california, san francisco
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18%
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 4K
Black Widow (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Carmen, the daughter of a notorious Amsterdam drug lord, reluctantly takes charge of the family's smuggling business in order to clear her husband's debts.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: mafia, organized crime, life turned upside down, unlikely criminals, danger, parents and children, single parent, fear, criminal, gangster, criminal organization, mobster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 8.4
 39K
Top Boy (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.
Style: serious, sincere, suspenseful, rough, anime ...
Plot: urban ghetto life, gang, ambitious, teenage life, life is a bitch, drug dealing, struggle, partners in crime, right hand man, poverty, social problems, gang war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Weeds (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan. The central character is Nancy Botwin, a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling cannabis to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a heart attack. Over the ...
Style: humorous, dark comedy, sitcom, witty, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, marijuana, drug dealing, drug dealer, single mother, smuggling, eccentric family, widow, unlikely criminals, family relations, dark humor, family life ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.0
 737
Snowman's Land (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When the wife of a crime boss is accidentally killed, the hit man who was hired to protect the remote house in which she was living tries to keep her death under wraps. Fearing vengeance from the gangster, he's soon locked in a fight for ...
Style: suspenseful, humorous, serious, cynical, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: crime gone awry, nothing goes right, hitman, twists and turns, danger, disorder, mission gone awry, dark humor, winter, violent content, mountain, wife ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 8.9
 417K
Fargo (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, captivating, detective, clever ...
Plot: dark humor, psychopath, small town, law enforcement, police investigation, cop, snow, killings, small town life, social relations, scheme, policewoman ...
Time: 2010s, year 1979, year 2014, future, year 2006 ...
Place: minnesota, north dakota, east germany, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.4
 5K
Guilt (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: Two brothers accidentally run over and kill an old man. Despite covering their tracks, their lives start to fall apart when neighbors and relatives of the dead man begin to have doubts about the way he died.
Style: tense, satirical, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: hit and run, guilt, brother brother relationship, brother, investigation, murder investigation, hidden truth, murder, murderer, criminal, satire, family problems ...
Time: future
Place: edinburgh scotland, scotland
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18%
 7.3
 2K
Injustice (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: On the surface William Travers is a picture of success. An accomplished criminal barrister happily living with his wife in rural Suffolk. However, Travers is still recovering from a traumatic series of events that have shaken his belief in the legal ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, tense, rough, captivating ...
Plot: legal, courtroom drama, murder, lawsuit, courtroom, police investigation, legal system, law enforcement, police detective, police brutality, injustice, vicious ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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 7.3
 2K
Exile (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One. The series received varyingly ...
Style: psychological, tense, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: parents and children, mental illness, homecoming, haunted by the past, family relations, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, mental health, murder mystery, investigation, father son relationship, dementia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 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 ⇓
17%
 6.4
 34K
Redirected (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Lithuania
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Four friends become stranded in Eastern Europe and have to become hit men, prostitutes, corrupt cops, smugglers and more to make it home.
Style: humorous, exciting, clever, comedy drama, twist ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: smuggling, partners in crime, friends, murder, crime gone awry, gambling, corruption, cop, twists and turns, gangster, dark humor, plan gone awry ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: lithuania, britain, middle east, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.1
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The Reckoning (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sally Wilson's daughter Amanda is stricken with a brain tumour and each day, her condition appears to be worsening. Sally is at her wits end as to how to help her daughter and knows a life saving operation in America that she can't afford ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological, serious ...
Plot: murder, twists and turns, moral dilemma, family relations, couple relations, couples, human nature, inheritance, danger, rivalry, violent content, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 6.8
 212
Dead Gorgeous (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Second World War has just ended and two old friends Rose and Antonia unexpectedly meet in London's Regent Street. Rose is a frustrated housewife married to civil servant with as many secrets as he has mistresses, while Antonia is sick of ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, thrilling ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, murder, unlikely criminals, infidelity, couples, spouse killer, couple relations, dishonesty, dull life, spouse in danger, female friendship, adultery ...
Time: 1940s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 8.3
 6K
Suskunlar (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Suskunlar, is a Turkish television drama series based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 novel of Sleepers.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, haunted by the past, buddies, rivalry, friendship, murder, danger, death, lawyer, violent content, friends, secret
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 8.2
 914
Asfur (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story: Asfur is an Israeli television series, which is broadcast on the channel HOT3. Its title, which literally means "bird" in Arabic, is the main protagonist's "good luck bird" – his late grandfather believed that its arrival ...
Style: captivating, semi serious, humorous, light, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, debt, love triangle, rivalry, theft, cons and scams, destiny, family relations, twists and turns, small time, rich and poor, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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