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Gorbachev (2010)
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Gorbachev (2010)
Original name: Gorbaciof
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Marino Pacileo has a soft spot for gambling. When he discovers that Lila's father, the young Chinese girl that he is in love with cannot pay a debt, the gambler steals money from the jail he is in to help the love of his life.
Style: captivating, realistic, psychological, tense, serious, contemplative
Plot: gambler, obsession, gambling, fall in love, downfall, love and romance, society, couples, rivalry, politician, life is a bitch, interracial relations, dishonesty, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: italy, naples italy, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and psychological films with plots about society, rivalry, dishonesty, murder, couples, danger and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Gorbachev: Gomorrah (2008), Perez. (2014), After the Fall (2014), Angela (2002), Silver Tongues (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Gomorrah (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story: An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have ...
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Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, southern italy, miami, venice ...
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Perez. (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Demetrio Perez is a tough prosecutor torn between the corruption inherent in his job and the desire to do right by his family. But when opportunity presents itself and his daughter Thea falls in love with a Mafioso’s son, Perez has to cut through ...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: italy, naples italy
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After the Fall (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bill Scanlin loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it.
Style: psychological, tense, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: downfall, protecting from truth, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, danger, family relations, rivalry, society, murder, crisis, uncontrollable, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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45%
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Angela (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: True story of an attractive Sicilian mob-wife who participates in her husband's drug-dealing business and falls for her husband's lackey.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, tense
Plot: love affair, dangerous attraction, couples, love and romance, infidelity, gangster, drug dealing, cheating wife, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, going straight, store ...
Place: sicily, italy, europe, palermo italy
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Silver Tongues (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two lovers travel from town to town playing a dark game of deceit that soon spirals out of control, threatening their very relationship.
Style: psychological, realistic, tense, captivating, mind bending ...
Plot: hidden identity, couple relations, couples, dishonesty, juggling, love and romance, society, crumbling relationship, mental disorder, sexual content, infidelity, manipulation
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Place: usa
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Don't Be Bad (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio and Cesare, in their early twenties, act in search of their success.
Style: psychological, realistic, tense, captivating, hood
Plot: robbery, friendship, drug, murder, danger, rivalry, society, lgbt, gang, italian mafia, corruption, underground ...
Time: 90s, year 2015
Place: italy, rome italy
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Between the Canals (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Three small time criminals from Dublin's North Inner City each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, working class, urban ghetto life, moral dilemma, society, crime gone awry, drug dealing, unemployment, police detective, life is a bitch, downfall, st. patrick's day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
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War Story (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lee is a world-weary American woman who arrives in an Italian city. Her tangles with hotel staff, incessant smoking and her disregard of the persistently ringing telephone hint at her volatility brewing beneath the surface. Between fitful naps, she ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot: society, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, photojournalist, immigrant, female protagonist, post traumatic stress disorder, post traumatic stress, hostage, war correspondent, captive, captivity ...
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Place: sicily, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex ...
Style: psychological, tense, realistic, captivating
Plot: mafia, criminal, hitman, gang member, working class, gang leader, best friend, murder, society, danger, rivalry, prostitution ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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A Quiet Life (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story of a man who murdered thirty-two people, gained power, and then got afraid because too many people wanted to kill him. One August morning, he disappeared. For fifteen years, everyone believed him dead.
Style: tense, serious, rough, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: murderer, father son relationship, gangster, hitman, hidden identity, parents and children, family relations, dishonesty, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, secret past, dark past ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Balancing Act (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, psychological, tense ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, parents and children, breakup, life is a bitch, couples, unfulfillment, downfall, job seeking, down on your luck, adultery, relationships ...
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Now or Never (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: As a mother, in principle, you do not rob banks. But these days, it can be a solution for the future of your home, and not to give up on your dreams. Playing the thieves can quickly become dangerous and bad encounters can turn into a love story ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, tense, serious ...
Plot: family relations, parents and children, unemployment, down on your luck, family in crisis, society, plan, bankruptcy, danger, black, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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29%
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Outlaw Country (2012)
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.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense ...
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Place: usa, tennessee
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Duration: 103 min.
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Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
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Story: Rosario is a teenage schoolgirl who lives in a tough Latin neighborhood filled with challenges. Having poverty all around, she faces difficult situations from family, school, rich friends vs. poor friends, and the element of drug cartel activity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: realistic, psychological, serious, atmospheric, erotic ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Style: serious, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological ...
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Your Next Life (2004)
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Duration: 111 min.
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Style: emotional, atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating ...
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Country: Italy
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Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy, naples italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: rivalry, contests and competitions, gambling, rise to the top, power relations, dishonesty, lifestyle, ambition, society, gangster, athlete's life, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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N-Secure (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Rally (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: "The Rally" is a gritty drama which follows several families living in a town riddled with crime and corruption. As the local church works to bring positive change to the town, they are confronted at every turn by those that desire to keep ...
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Time: 21st century
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