Movies and TV shows like City on a Hill

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City on a Hill (2019)
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City on a Hill (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass and eventually upend Boston’s city-wide criminal justice system.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, bleak, exciting, detective, anime, crime drama
Plot: corruption, law enforcement, investigation, ira, racism, gang, legal, criminal, danger, district attorney, justice, smuggling, escapades, dirty cop, organized crime, police officer, irish mob, black ops, nypd, black, die hard, female nudity, african american, bare breasts, nudity ...
Time: 90s, 1990s
Place: boston
Keyword: gangsters, irish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, captivating, suspenseful and exciting films and TV series with plots about criminal, investigation, law enforcement, murder, police, organized crime and police detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like City on a Hill: Animal Kingdom (2016), Fargo (2014), Southland (2009), Tokyo Vice (2022), The Shield (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Animal Kingdom (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" ...
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, erotic, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, crime family, danger, heist, dysfunctional family, family conflict, escapades, gay brother, twists and turns, brother brother relationship, friendship, ex convict ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, southern california, california
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Fargo (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
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Story: A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, captivating, detective, clever ...
Plot: dark humor, psychopath, small town, law enforcement, police investigation, cop, snow, killings, small town life, social relations, scheme, policewoman ...
Time: 2010s, year 1979, year 2014, future, year 2006 ...
Place: minnesota, north dakota, east germany, usa
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Southland (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story: Since premiering in 2009, Southland has redefined the police drama with its raw, authentic look at the lives and work of Los Angeles detectives and beat cops. The show centers on four main characters: Officer John Cooper (Cudlitz), a seasoned cop ...
Style: detective, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lapd, policewoman, police detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, police protagonist, fighting crime, police officer, swat, police, peril, responsibility ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, southern california, los angeles, usa
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 8.0
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Tokyo Vice (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: 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: crime drama, anime, thrilling, exciting, dramatic ...
Plot: yakuza, journalism, foreigner in japan, reporter, organized crime, corruption, economist, writers, journalist, mafia, cadet, complex characters ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: japan, tokyo
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The Shield (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
Style: tense, rough, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police detective, law enforcement, corrupt cop, dirty cop, cop, police brutality, dishonesty, cruelty, murder, tough law enforcer, peril ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Narcos: Mexico (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 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, captivating, crime drama, intense ...
Plot: drug cartel, organized crime, marijuana, undercover agent, business, corruption, drug lord, cartel, drug, gang, criminal, drug dealing ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
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 8.6
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Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. ...
Style: serious, tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: biker, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, prison, organized crime, gang, power struggle, group of criminals, criminal, young man, arms dealing, friends ...
Time: 2010s, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california, northern california
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 8.5
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Ozark (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, spectacular ...
Plot: money laundering, drug cartel, danger, family relations, rivalry, murder, investigation, drug, teenage girl, organized crime, mafia, violence ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, missouri, chicago
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100%
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We Own This City (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 357 min.
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Story: The story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force — and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, anime ...
Plot: criminal, police corruption, police, crime solving, arms dealing, crime investigation, fighting crime, breaking the law, investigation, arms smuggling, police investigation, gun control ...
Time: 2020s
Place: baltimore
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Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: gang leader, black cast, mobster, gang war, gang, violence, danger, crime boss, organized crime, power struggle, showdown, criminal gang ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, 2010s
Place: harlem, new york, harlem, new york city
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Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Story: Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style: serious, costume drama, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gangster, mob boss, organized crime, prohibition, smuggling, criminal heroes, corruption, politician, mobster, female nudity, american history ...
Time: 1920s, 2000s, 2010s, 1900s, year 2010 ...
Place: new jersey, usa, cuba, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city ...
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Ice Cold Murders: Rocco Schiavone (2016)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
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Story: Weed smoking, foulmouthed Rocco Schiavone is an offbeat Deputy Commissioner of the State Police. For disciplinary reasons he is transferred to the Alpine town of Aosta, far from his beloved Rome. The sophisticated but cranky Roman despises the ...
Style: atmospheric, disturbing, captivating, bleak, crime drama ...
Plot: twists and turns, conflict, danger, fighting crime, exile, law and order, workplace, workaholic, police, evidence, suspect, law enforcement ...
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Gotham (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story: Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM. Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his ...
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, detective, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: batman, police, corruption, police corruption, superhero, super villain, police station, mafia, friendship, police detective, organized crime, gang war ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new jersey
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Good Behavior (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 959 min.
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Story: Letty Dobesh is a thief and con artist fresh out of prison whose life is always one wrong turn and bad decision from implosions — just how she likes it. But when she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife, she sets out to derail the ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot: male female relationship, partners in crime, chase, female protagonist, escapades, murderer, killer, organized crime, criminal, ex convict, thief, femme fatale ...
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Big Apple (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney and Trout working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties ...
Style: serious, suspense, captivating, tense, detective
Plot: organized crime, police detective, police, fbi, nypd, law enforcement, criminal, justice, legal, die hard, law and order, police officer ...
Place: new york
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The Wire (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
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Story: Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
Style: clever, tense, detective, cynical, serious ...
Plot: organized crime, corruption, police detective, police, urban ghetto life, working undercover, life is a bitch, drug dealing, fighting crime, shooting, police investigation, urban decay ...
Time: 2000s, future, year 2002, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
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Shots Fired (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story: A media storm sets off when an African-American cop kills a white teenager in a small North Carolina town.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, serious, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: justice, racism, police, small town, black, legal, evidence, murder, investigation, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation ...
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Truth Be Told (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts. New evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell to reopen the murder case that made her a media sensation.
Style: exciting, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, murder, twists and turns, danger, death, law enforcement, riddles and clues, legal, private detective, friendship, black cast, girl ...
Place: san francisco
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Manayek (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Izzy Bachar, a police internal affairs investigator, discovers just before retirement that his long time friend Barak, a senior police officer, is accused to be corrupt. Life as he knows it breaks into pieces.
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot: friendship, investigation, dirty cop, corruption, israeli, police officer, friends, partner, chase, escapades, murder, law enforcement ...
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NYPD Blue (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast. The show ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, rough ...
Plot: police, police detective, murder, partners against crime, nypd, robbery, police protagonist, swat team, law enforcement, partner, human nature, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new york state
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Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story: Set in a small Michigan town where the only industry remaining are federal, state, and private prisons, the story follows the McClusky family, the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians, in a city ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, crime thriller ...
Plot: prison, organized crime, corruption, business, corrupt politician, racism, political corruption, inequality, corrupt mayor, mayor, town mayor, conspiracy ...
Place: michigan
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18 Wheels of Justice (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Justice Department undercover agent Michael Cates’s family was killed after he testified against crime boss Jacob Calder. Now Cates is working out of an 18 Wheeler under another undercover identity, that of Chance Bowman. As Cates wanders America ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: truck, undercover, vigilante, law enforcement, danger, working undercover, witness protection, on the run, special agent, gangster, organized crime, justice ...
Time: 90s
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Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
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Story: Romanzo Criminale – La serie - is a television series Italian based on the eponymous novel by judge Giancarlo De Cataldo, and it is the second adaptation of the film Romanzo Criminale directed by Michele Placido. The first series quickly achieved ...
Style: serious, captivating, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: gang, mafia, organized crime, police, criminal heroes, gangster, law enforcement, drug dealing, police detective, dishonesty, violence, italian mafia ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: italy, rome italy
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Chicago P.D. (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story: A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police, law enforcement, cop, crime investigation, policewoman, victim, police detective, sergeant, shooting, murder, partner, abduction ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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The Following (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was ...
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murderer, fbi, mind game, criminal, investigation, serial murder, violence, killings, murder, victim ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Gang Related (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Every villain has a noble cause, and every hero has a dark side. Detective Ryan Lopez is a rising star in Los Angeles' elite Gang Task Force. What the world doesn't know is that long before Ryan became a cop, he pledged allegiance to a ...
Style: rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, law enforcement, outlaw, police detective, boss, power struggle, fighting crime, criminal, undercover, armed forces, villain, swat team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Bosch (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: police, determination, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation, suspicion, murder, coworker, homicide detective, father daughter relationship, lapd ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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The Player (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: An action-packed Las Vegas thriller about a former military operative turned security expert who is drawn into a high-stakes game where an organization of wealthy individuals gamble on his ability to stop some of the biggest crimes imaginable from ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Plot: gambling, conspiracy, investigation, spy, secret, mafia, bet, friend, corruption, death threat, secret organization, die hard ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are ...
Style: detective, tense, captivating, clever, grindhouse ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: law and order, sexual abuse, police, sex crime, law enforcement, criminal, police detective, female detective, partners against crime, lawyer, danger, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 2010s, 2020s ...
Place: new york, usa, las vegas, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Without a Trace (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Without a Trace was an American police procedural television drama series that originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, law enforcement, murder investigation, kidnapping, murder, police, fbi, missing person, police detective, female detective, investigation, federal bureau of investigation ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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