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Narcos: Mexico (2018)
101K
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, erotic, sensual, captivating, exciting, intense, crime drama, tense, inspirational ...
Plot:
drug cartel, organized crime, marijuana, undercover agent, corruption, drug lord, mexican drug cartel, gang, criminal, drug, drug dealing, cocaine, mafia, outlaw, dea, mariachi, drug dealer, cartel, investigation, crime boss, gangster, bandit, heroin, gang leader, criminal gang ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 1990s
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, north america, new mexico
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, captivating, tense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about gangster, drug, criminal, organized crime, gang, drug dealer and drug traffic mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Narcos: Mexico: Narcos (2015), El Chapo (2017), ZeroZeroZero (2019), Breaking Bad (2008), Ozark (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, rough, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
brutal, atmospheric, serious, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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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:
cancer, criminal, peril, drug lord, master criminal, drug dealing, drug, unlikely partners, drug cartel, life turned upside down, meth lab, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, south america, usa, north america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, missouri, chicago
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86%
286K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, depressing, emotional, dramatic, serious ...
Audience:
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100%
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Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
semi documentary, serious, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, pablo escobar, prison, mercenary, bandit, drug dealer, hitman, crime boss, friendship between men, brutality, faithfulness ...
Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Spain, Malta
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, erotic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
mexico, usa
Similarity:
54%
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Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the 1990s, these are the life and times of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, a man who became the head of the Juárez cartel. Nicknamed “El Señor de los Cielos” (Lord of the Skies) because of the large fleet of airplanes he used to transport ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
latin america, colombia, mexico, new mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, hood
Plot:
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58K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: Colombia
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
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Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological
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chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
prison, organized crime, corruption, sex scene, strip club, pole dancer, business, corrupt politician, racism, political corruption, inequality, corrupt mayor ...
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michigan
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100%
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Country: UK
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TV show
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Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, gangster, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, mob boss, rivalry, shooting ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, drug lord, gunfight, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, violence, badass ...
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
factual, serious, rough, exciting, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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80s, year 1984, year 1992, year 1982, year 1993 ...
Place:
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67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Rule the family. Control the empire. A Change in power looms imminent in the drug cartel family.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, crime drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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mexico, texas, chicago, el paso texas, south america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.
Style:
thrilling, detective, crime thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, clever, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, dark humor, family life, criminal heroes, mob boss, parents and children, criminal, dysfunctional family, family relations, introspection ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, north america
Similarity:
60%
425K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
clever, tense, detective, cynical, dramatic ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, police detective, working undercover, urban ghetto life, gang, drug dealing, police, fighting crime, police investigation, urban decay, shooting ...
Time:
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Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
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50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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factual, tense, captivating, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug traffic, drug lord, criminal underworld, smuggling, drug, drug trade, underworld, drug dealer, drug smuggling, gang member, drug cartel ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new zealand
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8K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The drug trafficking drama is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country. It revolves around ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
gang war, mafioso, criminal gang, bandit, criminal, female nudity, organized crime, drug lord, gang, criminal underworld, partners in crime, criminal syndicate ...
Time:
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Place:
detroit
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