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Canal Street (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Chicago lawyer embraces his undying faith when his teenage son is accused of murdering a classmate.
Style:
exciting, rough, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, spiritual, sad, independent film
Plot:
father son relationship, society, murder, rivalry, death, violence, parents and children, vengeance, hopes, friendship, heroes, life is a bitch, danger, redemption, dishonesty, family relations, brutality, life philosophy, police, faith, african american, teenager, musician, single father, interracial relations ...
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Most similar movies to Canal Street
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about murder, society, rivalry, vengeance, life is a bitch, death and danger mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Canal Street: Semper Fi (2019), Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992), Thin Blood (2020), Vinaya Vidheya Rama (2019), Your Lover (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Cal is a dedicated cop who also serves as a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve. When his reckless half brother lands in jail for accidentally killing a man, Cal and his buddies hatch a plan to break him out of prison -- no matter what the cost.
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tense, crime drama, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, police, loyalty, family bonds, brotherhood, moral dilemma, danger, violence, murder, brutality, adaptation, life is a bitch ...
Place:
pennsylvania
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During Gorbachev's perestroika, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he becomes a pawn in a dangerous cat and mouse game for a precious icon.
Style:
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Plot:
vengeance, sex, danger, escapades, dishonesty, culture clash, life is a bitch, rivalry, violence, betrayal, friendship, spy ...
Time:
year 1992, 80s
Place:
ussr, russia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The detective inspector Alexander Bischof (Simon Licht) lives for his job. He doesn't have a family to look after after work or visit. He is convinced that as a police officer he can make the world a little better. He wants to be one of the ...
Style:
exciting, contemplative, suspense, tense
Plot:
mafia, crime family, mob boss, crime boss, family business, death, brutality, criminal heroes, parents and children, greed, vengeance, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Ram is one among the five orphaned boys in Visakhapatnam, adopted by a doctor who ensures them a roof to live under, with dignity. Ram goes to any extent to protect his family and he's a handful for the baddie to handle in a time of crisis. How ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, exciting, suspense, tense
Plot:
chase, fighting crime, human trafficking, organized crime, danger, youth, friendship, brutality, life is a bitch, escapades, society, dishonesty ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Lucio and Enedina are a happily married young Teenek couple that lives in the Huasteca Potosina's jungle with their three children. They love each other and share everything, nevertheless, everything crumbles when the construction of a highway, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, tense, bleak
Plot:
jungle, life is a bitch, boy, adultery, rivalry, society, friendship, family relations, deforestation, destiny, parents and children, danger ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The world at an end, a dying mother sends her young son on a quest to find the place that grants wishes.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, friendship, family relations, rivalry, danger, murder, society, hopes, redemption, dishonesty, disaster, heroes ...
Time:
13th century, future
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, harsh, suspense, depressing ...
Plot:
violence, vengeance, violent, brutality, revenge, family relations, character study, sibling relationship, family bonds, family feud, siblings relations, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa, arkansas, southern usa, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, clergy, amateur detective, uncover truth, youth, society, dishonesty, danger, teenager, soul, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense, crime drama
Plot:
police, father daughter relationship, death, drug, brother brother relationship, family relations, danger, friendship, murder, childhood friend, funeral, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The Black Family a once powerful respected family has lost power in the city of Jacksonville.11 years has past and now the city is controlled by 4 family's.Young Antonio must return to the city and reclaim the Black family's respect and ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, enigmatic, disturbing
Plot:
rivalry, vengeance, danger, organized crime, revenge, dishonesty, murder, betrayal, death, violence, friendship, culture clash ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam (Sam Claflin), an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Spall), who has ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corruption, society, murder, friendship, danger, escapades, rivalry, small town, police, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2012, year 2002
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A bloody power struggle erupts between three brothers who are vying to take over the family business following the death of their father.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
mafia, death, family relations, rivalry, brother brother relationship, gang war, family business, society, brutality, youth, pride and honor, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means ...
Style:
suspense, touching, tense, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot:
revenge, twists and turns, violence, vigilante, justice, dog, redemption, murder, small town, greed, pets, tragedy ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
427
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Russia, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Mark Ginzburg is a talented artist who is always depressed. He's 52, but personal and professional success has escaped him. Many years ago, Mark moved from his native Riga to Tel Aviv to get away from his oppressive father, Viktor, who still ...
Style:
rough, touching, suspense, psychological, bleak
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, father son relationship, hopes, destiny, redemption, musician, society, life is a bitch, transformation, hospital, death ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how-to manual the book company published. They set out to put the company on trial for providing ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, tense ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, courtroom, courtroom drama, price of justice, rebellion, rivalry, society, false accusation, dedicated lawyer, hopes, righting the wronged ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, twisted, hispanic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Based on a true story- A group of robbers broke into a house at night with the intention of committing robbery. The house was inhabited by two young girls and a disabled child and their mother. Not getting the desired money, the robbers started ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, gangster, danger, criminal, bandit, family relations, rivalry, youth, friends, society, gang, vengeance ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
21%
479
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious, independent film
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, life is a bitch, injustice, parents and children, murder, idealism, price of justice, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
alabama, usa, tennessee
Similarity:
21%
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511
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, terrorism, rivalry, state affairs, dishonesty, murder, terrorist, propaganda ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan (Keean Johnson) and his friends Red (Alex Neustaedter) and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) break into vacation homes to steal valuables, funding dates at the boardwalk ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, touching, suspense, depressing ...
Plot:
friendship between boys, escape, breaking and entering, teenager, boy, murder, dysfunctional family, family problems, friendship, parents and children, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 261 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the novel by Thomas Engström, a former Stasi double agent is asked by his old CIA contact to work one more case.
Style:
psychological, sincere, tense, suspense, disturbing
Audience:
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Plot:
danger, adaptation, violence, escapades, life is a bitch, destiny, murder, brutality, society, rivalry, life philosophy, debt ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
20%
363
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, Alex deserts and returns to Marseilles to get back together with Katia, his former girlfriend. But ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
gang, danger, family relations, parents and children, mafia, murder, father son relationship, lawyer, reprisal, rivalry, black, violent content ...
Time:
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Place:
marseille, france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of disaffected twenty-somethings occupy a dystopic, hyper-urban Australia. They spend their time eating udon noodles, listening to Swedish pop music and committing mass executions for the police.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Plot:
estrangement, society, rivalry, life is a bitch, vengeance, danger, destiny, hitman, dystopian future, dystopia, drug use, gang bang ...
Time:
future
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The lives of two different families collide when their children begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing, rough, psychological thriller
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family relations, parents and children, teenage life, frame up, police investigation, culture clash, father daughter relationship, society, redemption, dishonesty, hopes ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former Confederate marauder tries to make a clean start on a Texas dirt farm with his wife and young daughter. He quickly learns that sometimes the past just won't stay buried.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
civil war, treasure, partner, escapades, tough guy, chase, treasure hunt, death, friends, revenge, vengeance, youth ...
Time:
20th century, victorian era
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, hood, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison life, gang, prison riot, life is a bitch, family life, vengeance, dishonesty, false accusation, ghetto, wrongful conviction, murder, criminal heroes ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four young black men kill a white woman, the D.A. is very cautious in how to proceed...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, dishonesty, law enforcement, lawyer, nypd, interracial relations, racism, injustice, courtroom ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former gang member and her young cousin become embroiled in a vendetta between L.A. gangs, as rivals seek revenge for old crimes.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama
Plot:
crime family, revenge, murder, gangster, gang war, betrayal, society, heroes, brutality, family relations, death, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, south america
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, ...
Style:
neo noir, perverse, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, card playing, police, niece, fight, mob boss, chase, society, gang war, murder, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, andalusia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
vengeance, murder, female protagonist, violent content, dishonesty, hidden identity, organized crime, police, witness, conspiracy, loss of daughter, manipulation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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