Movies like The Traitor
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The Traitor (2019)
12K
Original name: Il traditore
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
Style:
realistic, captivating, intense, factual
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, cosa nostra, organized crime, informant, judge, assassination attempt, assassination, murder, court, death threat, italian history, italian mafia, friends, corruption, surveillance, suspense, rise and fall, sex, spy, prosecutor, child, mob boss, life sentence, murder of brother ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 2000s, year 1980, year 1984, year 1992 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, miami, brazil, europe, rio de janeiro ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, interesting and suspenseful films with plots about gangsters, murder, true crime, mafia, violence, organized crime and gun mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like The Traitor: Suburra (2015), White Boy Rick (2018), Gotti (2018), War Dogs (2016), The Irishman (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, tense, neo noir, factual
Plot:
mafia, corruption, politics, prostitute, revenge, female nudity, drug overdose, church, murder, threesome, political corruption, gangsters ...
Time:
year 2011
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Style:
disturbing, rough, sad, retro
Plot:
fbi, informant, suspense, drug traffic, father son relationship, gangsters, juvenile delinquent, drugs, buddies, culture clash, teenager, gang ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, year 1985, year 1987, year 1986 ...
Place:
las vegas, michigan, ohio, detroit
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, cosa nostra, federal bureau of investigation, father son relationship, mafia, godfather, brutality, organized crime, parents and children, family relations, ambition ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1997, year 2002 ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
228K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Style:
realistic, intense, funny, humorous, factual ...
Plot:
corruption, arms dealer, smuggling, friendship, rise and fall, gunrunner, military, betrayal, heist, suspense, business, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
iraq, las vegas, middle east, baghdad iraq, albania ...
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100%
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397K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min.
Story:
A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, italian mafia, labor union, murder, gangsters, killer as protagonist, high society, prison, arrest, hitman, old man ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, chicago illinois, philadelphia, pennsylvania, cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Style:
factual, brutal, intense, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, corruption, fbi, violence, murder, illness, brutality, irish mob, true crime, arms dealing ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981, year 1995 ...
Place:
boston, new jersey, usa, massachusetts, miami ...
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52%
22K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Style:
factual, captivating, realistic, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
gangsters, excrement, mafia, dementia, violence, syphilis, husband wife relationship, balloon, male protagonist, criminal, suspense, tax evasion ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 19th century, 1890s ...
Place:
florida, usa, minneapolis minnesota, cleveland ohio, chicago illinois ...
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50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, inspirational, sad ...
Plot:
lawyer, court, legal, fighting the system, courtroom drama, prison, injustice, false accusation, freedom, legal action, hopes, justice ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992, year 2001, year 1995 ...
Place:
massachusetts, rhode island, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, realistic, epic, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, rise and fall, criminal heroes, mentor, drugs, suspense, friends, cosa nostra, drug traffic, gang ...
Time:
70s, 50s, year 1970, 80s, year 1963 ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, florida, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, harsh, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, heroin, mob boss, drug lord, police, drugs, gang, crime boss, drug traffic, criminal ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1968, year 1970 ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, bronx new york city, harlem, usa ...
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Genre: 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:
tense, brutal, talky, thought provoking, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mob boss, gang, gang war, irish, criminal, corruption, organized crime, murder, hitman, caper ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1975 ...
Place:
usa, ireland, boston, ohio, new york ...
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47%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, brutal, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, mafia, psychopath, gangsters, crime family, lone hero, organized crime, killer, suspense, greed, notoriety, family relations ...
Time:
70s, year 1964, 60s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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47%
314K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style:
tense, realistic, neo noir, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, undercover, organized crime, fbi, mentor, investigation, working undercover, suspense, undercover agent, gang, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, florida, usa, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style:
serious, epic, atmospheric, dramatic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangsters, greed, revenge, betrayal, crime family, pride and honor, corruption, murder, wedding, gang war ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, europe, sicily ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities she found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
journalism, gangsters, murder, uncover truth, tragic hero, law enforcement, drug abuse, drug cartel, fighting the system, life is a bitch, drug dealing, rise and fall ...
Time:
year 1998
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ireland, europe, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running ...
Style:
realistic, brutal, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, gang, rise and fall, organized crime, abusive husband, twins, psychopath, extortion, mental illness, violent, relationships ...
Time:
60s, 50s, year 1957, 20th century, year 2000
Place:
england, london, east end london, scotland yard, united kingdom
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46%
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 ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, dramatic, anamorphic ...
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, gang, criminal, gang war, mob boss, mafioso, bandit, cosa nostra, criminal underworld, organized crime, crime boss ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 70s, year 1972, year 1971
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
The Lebanese has a dream: to conquer the underworld of Rome. To carry out this feat without precedent he puts together a ruthless and highly organized gang. Their progress and changes in leadership take place over 25 years, from the 1970s into the ...
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serious, stylized, captivating, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, police investigation, criminal heroes, partners, leadership, rivalry, law enforcement, ransom, drug dealing, inspector, italian mafia ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, gangsters, drug lord, rise and fall, drug abuse, friendship, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug use, addiction ...
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70s, 80s, 50s, 60s, 90s ...
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california, colombia, latin america, boston, mexico ...
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45%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The narration spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti as Prime Minister of Italy in 1992, until the trial in which he was accused of collusion with the Mafia.
Style:
political, disturbing, enigmatic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, politics, political corruption, italian history, gangsters, corruption, assassination, prime minister, murder, state affairs, idealism, blackmail ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s, year 1991, year 1992 ...
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy, ussr, palermo italy ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Jack Nicholson's portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro (Danny DeVito). The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt all the way to a conclusion ...
Style:
tense, factual, intense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, labor union, organized crime, politics, conspiracy, working class, suspense, prison, social activist, corruption, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
detroit, new jersey, michigan, new york, usa ...
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44%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, sentimental, touching, dramatic ...
Plot:
prison, lawyer, terrorism, terrorist, father son relationship, court, courtroom, justice, irish republican army, politics, legal, bomb ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, london, canada ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, village, murder, testimony, family life, sicilian, whistleblower, family relations, vengeance, rivalry, criminal's revenge, legal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1991, year 1985
Place:
sicily, palermo italy, europe, rome italy, italy
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43%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then ...
Style:
intense, realistic, tense, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
journalism, gangsters, investigation, strong female character, murder, justice, corruption, suspense, drug lord, police, drug dealing, heroin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, amsterdam, new jersey ...
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43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
italian mafia, prison, gangsters, mafia, cosa nostra, hitman, organized crime, criminal, spy, murder, prohibition era, heroes ...
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1940s, 60s, 50s, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
europe, italy, new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, crime boss, organized crime, italian mafia, entrepreneur, gang, criminal, city life, testimony, vengeance, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
528K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, gangsters, rise and fall, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, betrayal, suspense, fbi, money ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1980 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa, midwest, kansas city, costa rica ...
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42%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
The true story of how Patrizia Reggiani plotted to kill her husband Maurizio Gucci, the grandson of renowned fashion designer Guccio Gucci.
Style:
serious, realistic, romantic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
fashion, fashion designer, mistress, high society, wealthy family, love, family feud, family relations, fashion industry, murder, job, psychic ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century, 80s, year 1978 ...
Place:
sicily, new york, italy, tuscany, swiss alps ...
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42%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story of Peppino Impastato, a political activist who opposed the Mafia in Sicily. One hundred steps was the number of steps it took to get from the Impastato house to the house of the Mafia boss Tano Badalamenti.
Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, rough, political ...
Plot:
gangsters, assassination, radio, fighting the system, rebelliousness, political activist, rebellion, society, dishonesty, idealism, media, painting ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, sicily, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison.
Style:
disturbing, cynical, rough, dark, stylized ...
Plot:
prison, gangsters, brutality, dark humor, convict, gang, jail, character study, murder, eccentricity, judge, self destructing ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1978, year 1986
Place:
australia, melbourne australia
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