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Top Dog (2014)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hooligan boss Billy Evans has it all - a successful business, a beautiful family and respect on the terraces. But when he clashes with gangster Mickey over a backstreet proetection racket, Billy soon finds himself out of his depth as they look to finally settle the question - who is Top Dog?
Style:
tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, downfall, gang, unfulfillment, criminal heroes, blind ambition, hooligan, football hooligan, criminal, football, irish mob, nationalism, gangsta, profanity, sexual content, urban, nudity, violent content, boy, gangster, bully, graphic violence, nude, mob ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, london
Keyword:
gangsters, irish
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about gangster, gang, rivalry, criminal heroes, violent content, profanity and mafia mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Top Dog: The Big I Am (2010), Sket (2011), Cass (2008), Siberian Education (2013), Bonded by Blood (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A cruel twist of fate catapults small time crook Mickey Skinner into the big league, as head of a brutal London gang poised on the brink of a lucrative human-trafficking deal.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, gangster, dishonesty, rivalry, criminal heroes, organized crime, criminal, nudity, strong violent content, profanity, ambition, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious gang led by the violent Trey, her little 16 year old sister Kayla wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means joining a rival girl gang led by the ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
girl gang, gang, vengeance, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, social decay, gang leader, youth, society, criminal heroes, rivalry, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, rough, powerful ...
Plot:
racism, adoption, interracial relations, bullying, lifestyle, going straight, self discovery, rise to the top, parents and children, rebellion, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, teenage life, social misfits, crime and punishment, society, social relations, isolation, parents and children, misfit, mafia ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
russia, siberia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
gang, rise and fall, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal heroes, vengeance, drug dealing, ambition, violence ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An old firm leader returns to Green Street for Revanche after receiving a call that his little brother was killed, but is he able to cope with a new type of hooliganism and can he find his killer?
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, uninhibited rivalry, gang, ambition, society, vengeance, violence spree, friends, soccer, hooliganism, football, football hooligan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
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30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, friends, renewed love, frame up, one more chance, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of ...
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serious, disturbing, factual, intense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
soccer, gang, hooliganism, friendship, self discovery, hooligan, subculture, friends, buddies, football, skinhead, bar fight ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, harvard university
⇓ 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:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rock, triad, gangster, urban, friends, criminal heroes, gang, rivalry, criminal's revenge, drug dealing, going straight, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On the Wirral in the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, the opportunities for thrill seeking young men looking to escape 9 to 5 drudgery are what they've always been: sex, drugs, rock n' roll, fashion, football and ...
Style:
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Plot:
gang, hooligan, football, destructive relationship, juvenile delinquency, coming of age, teenage life, troublemaker, buddies, life is a bitch, violence spree, down on your luck ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, liverpool
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rise and fall, rivalry, family business, family relations, ambition, unfulfillment, organized crime, danger, mafia, society, outlaw ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
432
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three childhood friends join the Hong Kong Triads only to discover that fame and fortune will ultimately break them apart as only one can become the leader of the gang.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
triad, gangster, gang, rivalry, ambition, criminal heroes, buddies, friends, criminal underworld, bandit, gang leader, criminal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Infamous London gangster cousins, Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw, are at the top of the food chain, when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine in rough seas. Set in London, Amsterdam and ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, disorder, diamonds, football hooligan, smuggling, drug, race against time, violent, urban, mafia, football, british gangster ...
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Place:
amsterdam, england, europe, berlin germany, london ...
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25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A power vacuum develops when the top mob boss flees a federal indictment.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, betrayal, murder, violence, mafia, gunfight, bandit, gang, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
649
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
gang, gangster, breakup, moral dilemma, rivalry, murder, love and romance, danger, hitman, master criminal
Time:
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Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .
Style:
independent film, contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hooligan, soccer, football, police, violent, gang, undercover, football hooligan, skinhead, hooliganism, re-education, anarchist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
england, britain, yorkshire, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
352
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In the summer of 2009, Charlie Ruez made a documentary. 6 months later the footage was seized for evidence by the Metropolitan Police Department. In 2010, the footage was released.
Style:
serious, tense, disturbing, rough, mockumentary ...
Plot:
found footage, gangster, gang, law enforcement, drug dealing, murder, drug abuse, violence spree, thug, hooligan, fighter, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough, neo noir ...
Plot:
boxing, gang, ambition, vengeance, athlete's life, rivalry, dishonesty, down on your luck, gangster, boxer, promoter, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters. Kath runs a brothel down by the docks, Tracy owns a soccer team and Jo, a ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot:
rivalry, family relations, betrayal, dishonesty, drug dealing, vengeance, murder, parents and children, prostitute, shakespeare, tragic love, gangster ...
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
dealer, police, betrayal, haunted by the past, urban, save the day, rivalry, gangsta, ghetto, gang, danger, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
This spin-off movie provides a different contrast to the familiar Young and Dangerous films with greater character development. This time, the story's focus is on a female character - Sister 13 (Sandra Ng) of the "Hung Hing" triad. In ...
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
triad, kung fu, gang, sexual content, gangster, violent content, urban ghetto, rivalry, criminal's revenge, life is a bitch, master criminal, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When the top players of the Green Street Elite are imprisoned following a deadly battle with their archenemies Millwall every day becomes a fight for survival. On the inside, rival firms and prison guards will stop at nothing to make their lives a ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, hooligan, lifestyle, mob violence, buddies, confined, uninhibited rivalry, society, rivalry, soccer, football, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life - some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of trading software he's developed, and while behind bars he's ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal, disorder, on the run, gangster, crime gone awry, master criminal, criminal's revenge, cons and scams, violence, mafia, nordic, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, independent film
Plot:
prison, prison escape, jail, prison life, angry, football hooligan, skinhead, shipwreck, gang, imprisonment, criminal, gay interest ...
Time:
year 1980, 60s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the mean streets of London's East End, a former Serbian commando and a fourteen-year old boy plot revenge against a powerful crime lord and his ruthless lieutenants. As our heroes prepare to take on their enemies, the boy is mentored in the ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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21%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty where music, love, hope and tragedy collide. Created as a pilot for a TV Series which was not taken up, this has now been aired as a TV Movie.
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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21%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A week in the life of Woody; a Soho pimp, as seen through the eyes of concealed documentary cameras: A week which spirals brutally out of control.
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