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The Kitchen (2019)
24K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An Irish mob story set in 1970s Hell's Kitchen. After the mobsters are sentenced to jail, their wives take their place — and do as good of a job, if not better.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, cynical, period piece, bloody, neo noir, surprise ending, weird, f word
Plot:
armed robbery, girl gang, homeless shelter, irish mob, organized crime, courtroom, female gangster, superhero, mobster, friendship, shooting, extortion, women, boss, female protagonist, criminal, woman with a gun, power, home invasion, interracial marriage, protection, extramarital affair, van, disposing of a dead body, paranoia ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, year 1979
Place:
brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, f word, suspense and surprise ending films with plots about revenge, murder, gun, violence, betrayal, blood splatter and pistol mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Kitchen: The Irishman (2019), SuperFly (2018), Triple 9 (2016), Slaughter (1972), The Many Saints of Newark (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min.
Story:
A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Style:
captivating, inspirational, tense, exciting, crime drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, labor union, italian mafia, gangster, killer as protagonist, high society, old man, mob hit, arrest, prison, hitman ...
Time:
year 2019, 20th century, 1940s, year 1960, 70s ...
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, chicago, ireland, washington d.c. ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Career criminal Youngblood Priest wants out of the Atlanta drug scene, but as he ramps up sales, one little slip up threatens to bring the whole operation down before he can make his exit.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, hood ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
heist, police corruption, betrayal, bank robbery, dirty cop, mafia, corruption, corrupt cop, masked man, police detective, strip club, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel, boston, los angeles
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40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
Style:
neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangster, vietnam war, organized crime, murder, black man white woman sex, male nudity, mobster, mafia, black hero, interracial sex, airport ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america
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39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle ...
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captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, dramatic ...
Plot:
mafia, criminal, gang, gangster, gang war, mobster, bandit, organized crime, criminal underworld, crime boss, mafioso, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 70s, year 1972, year 1971
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones…
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, violence, police, organized crime, undercover, prison gang, murder, kidnapping, betrayal, ex convict, danger, brutality ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky ...
Style:
hood, tense, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, ghetto, african american gangster, organized crime, roman empire, urban, rapper, drug, gangster, drug lord, black ...
Time:
80s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Style:
harsh, stylized, suspense, road movie, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, father daughter relationship, gunfight, ex convict, redemption, on the run, teenage girl, road trip, race against time, chase, violence, desert ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 80s
Place:
california, new mexico, santa monica california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
38%
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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:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks ...
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, exploitation, black, frame up, female boss, woman with a gun, boxing, music, police, gambling, private detective, gang ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
37%
109K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspense, bleak, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, girl gang, politics, female criminal, harlot, premarital sex, female nudity, murder, widow, grief, black, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, xian
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
drug lord, vengeance, murder, car chase, attempted murder, violence, death, betrayal, organized crime, police, arms dealer, crime boss ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, cambodia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A neo-noir set in the New York City's corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York's mafia, Michael Rubino, fight for money, art, power and love.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, art, fight, car chase, criminal heroes, brutality, revenge, mob boss, crime boss, modern art, death of father ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, asia, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, suspenseful, tense, bleak, exciting ...
Plot:
drug smuggler, hitman, sadism, stolen money, drug dealer, danger, tax collector, female psychopath, drug, family relations, violence, taxes ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two men have different motivations but the same goal when they team up and mount an assault on a powerful drug gang.
Style:
erotic, suspense, independent film, detective, neo noir ...
Plot:
martial arts, organized crime, swat team, vigilante, martial artist, unrequited love, kickboxing, final showdown, karate, green beret, mobster, wrestling ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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386K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, entertaining, funny, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
one man army, tough guy, secret identity, retribution, revenge, martial arts, one against many, home invasion, twists and turns, vigilante, chase, vengeance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
america, usa, pentagon
Similarity:
36%
33K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ ...
Style:
hood, cult classic, sexual, tense, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, ghetto, hip hop, gang, african american, friendship, black, teenager, urban, urban ghetto life, rapper, blaxploitation ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, africa ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
Style:
cult classic, slasher, grim, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, exploitation, vigilante, revenge, cannon, drug, trucker, automobile, truck, vietnam war, superhero, erotica ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
35%
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987
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track ...
Style:
action thriller, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, murder, exploitation, bare breasts, daughter, revenge, black, police detective, investigation, vigilantism, drug dealing, injustice ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france, europe, marseille, washington d.c., british columbia
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35%
14K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mob boss, corruption, beauty queen, cia agent, drug lord, danger, undercover, slave trade, female spy, drug cartel, sex slave, sniper ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tijuana mexico, california, mexico, los angeles, san diego california ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created ...
Style:
hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, vigilante, female warrior, urban, vigilantism, gang, murder, black, ghetto, vengeance, tough heroes, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2016, year 1996, 90s, 70s
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The black policeman Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA: the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspenseful, suspense, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
undercover, undercover cop, blaxploitation, murder, police investigation, gangster, drug, betrayal, organized crime, racial slur, black, urban ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, year 1972, 70s
Place:
los angeles, cleveland ohio, ohio, california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer cracker, monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, undercover, prostitute, chase, cop, partner, police corruption, against the odds ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Style:
detective, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, home invasion, vigilantism, dark hero, father daughter relationship, justice, attempted rape, death of wife, vengeance, revenge, hottie, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, usa, new york, illinois
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, prison, murder, organized crime, revenge, investigation, redemption, vengeance, tough heroes, one last job, crime boss, ex convict ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
34%
68K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
woman with a gun, one woman army, assassin, female agent, female assassin, female spy, female killer, strong female lead, contract killing, female warrior, espionage, revenge ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
saudi arabia, paris france, boston, france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style:
disturbing, tense, neo noir, sexy, harsh ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
twists and turns, self defense, revenge, violent, small town, organized crime, sex scene, redemption, gangster, sex, murder, attempted robbery ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, philadelphia, columbus ohio, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
34%
10K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2016, year 2015, 21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jack Davis is a tough, outspoken cop who finds himself wrongly accused for the death of a fellow agent by the depraved and power hungry chief of Miami Customs, Martin Cullen. Disgraced and dismissed, Jack swears revenge and goes to work for Roberto ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
passionate sex, passionate kiss, bodyguard, extramarital affair, nudity, sex scene, passion, desire, sexual attraction, oral sex, computer cracker, adultery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
miami, florida, cuba
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
female warrior, delivery man, ex special forces, one against many, black ops, dark heroine, crime boss, femme fatale, revenge, one woman army, badass female lead, mystery woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
washington d.c., new york, london, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
34%
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