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Wisegal (2008)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A drama centered around Patty Montanari, the widowed mother of two who went to work for her lover Frank Russo, a captain in a Brooklyn crime family.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense
Plot:
fall in love, dishonesty, criminal heroes, parents and children, love affair, mind game, unlikely criminals, gangster, organized crime, italian mafia, italian gangster, mafia, rise and fall, biopic, love, crime family, mysterious character, mob, crime, lifetime, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about gangster, criminal heroes, organized crime, mafia, dishonesty, murder and crime family mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Wisegal: Boss of Bosses (2001), Who Is Clark Rockefeller? (2010), Kings of South Beach (2007), Sinatra Club (2010), This Thing of Ours (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, hitman, rise and fall, murder, criminal heroes, undercover, rivalry, master criminal, going straight, downfall, police corruption, gangster ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, florida
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Called "the longest running con in FBI history," Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" had brilliantly impersonated numerous people, ranging from a talk show host to a Pentagon Advisor ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, inspirational
Plot:
family relations, hidden identity, criminal heroes, dishonesty, cons and scams, disorder, love and romance, parents and children, serial killer, impersonation, killing spree, entrepreneur ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This fact-based crime thriller details the downfall of Miami's hottest nightclub. Chris Troiano owns the trendiest nightclub in all of South Beach; a place where the line always winds down the block and only the most beautiful people make it ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
abuse, lifestyle, downfall, gangster, nightclub, nightlife, bankruptcy, criminal heroes, drinking, addiction, false identity, drinking alcohol ...
Time:
90s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Brutal and celebrated Mafia gangster John Gotti (Danny Nucci) schemes, shoves and murders his way to the top of that world in this gritty biography told from the perspective of Salvatore Polisi (Jason Gedrick), who owns the Sinatra Club, where ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, gang, gang leader, criminal heroes, rise to the top, dishonesty, heist, mobster, tough guy, crime boss ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, cosa nostra, chases and races, master criminal, crime gone awry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal heroes, bank, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, miami
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion. He is saved from a bar brawl by a small-time mobster Frankie, and Jake falls in love with Frankie's ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
caught having sex, infidelity, erotica, reporter, mobster, journalist, journalism, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, writer's life, love and romance, love triangle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
atlantic city, usa, new york, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, social ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, criminal heroes, mafia, crime gone awry, love and romance, couple relations, wanted, partner, fbi, chases and races, true love, couples ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino ...
Style:
cult classic, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, hitman, crime family, gang, courtroom drama, gangsta, italian mafia, organized crime, cosa nostra, professional killer, italian gangster ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A human look on the life of one of the biggest frauds in the world happened by important people in Brazil.
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized
Plot:
dishonesty, cons and scams, ambition, escapades, unlikely criminals, hidden identity, criminal heroes, society, mistaken identity, drug lord, samba, biopic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
37%
542
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two pounds of pressure on a trigger pays really well... Ex special forces mercenary and now hardened criminal Vic, lives in a world of cons, double crosses, crooked cops, mob bosses and drug dealing crime lords. Playing by his own rules, Vic and his ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
fighting crime, gangster, hitman, police detective, drug dealing, rivalry, danger, murder, crime boss, city life, dishonesty, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
36%
33K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, period piece, stylized, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, casino, gambling, biopic, organized crime, hollywood, rise and fall, ambition, love affair, elimination, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, prohibition, brutality, gunfight, rise and fall, mafia, murder, police investigation, hitman, gang war, violence, bare breasts ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1975
Place:
chicago, usa, north america
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery. Direced by Travis Mills.
Style:
tense, suspense, contemplative, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, pride and honor, mercilessness, friendship, chase, betrayal, crime family, society, gang war, violence, organized crime ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Shin, a good family friend and business partner of the DeLeon family, assumes his role as head of the Coast Mafia.
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suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, crime thriller ...
Plot:
gangster, criminal heroes, family business, murder, money, mafia, organized crime, crime family, underworld, family drama, power struggle, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, rough, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
danger, love and romance, fall in love, rescue, criminal heroes, dishonesty, lovers on the run, woman in danger, criminal, gangster, rivalry, girl ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, friendship, friends, mafia, love affair, coming of age, youth, murder, revenge, crime family, city life, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
26K
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, serious, neo noir, suspense, factual ...
Plot:
labor union, organized crime, mafia, politics, gangster, conspiracy, disappearance, union, working class, social activist, prison, profanity ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa, new york, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, Fatal Honeymoon tells the shocking story and controversy surrounding a newlywed who tragically dies on her dream honeymoon and the subsequent investigation as to whether or not her husband was guilty of killing her.
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, sexual, suspense ...
Plot:
police investigation, murder, uncover truth, couple relations, woman in danger, couples, law enforcement, serial killer, mind game, danger, scuba diving, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, alabama, usa
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the country converged on the sleepy town to discuss upcoming ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, mob hit, crime boss, organized crime, gangster, social climbing, conspiracy, family relations, friendship, friendship between men, violence ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
32%
521
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
rise and fall, ambition, corporate crime, real estate agent, cons and scams, dishonesty, greed, real estate, downfall, materialism, wall street, corruption ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, las vegas, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career criminal Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore); on the outs with the mob and facing ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
witness protection program, organized crime, gang, betrayal, gangster, couple relations, criminal heroes, rivalry, ghost, dishonesty, murder, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, usa, boston
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, rise and fall, family business, family relations, unfulfillment, ambition, danger, organized crime, mafia, society, outlaw ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price.
Style:
captivating, serious, political thriller, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, incestuous relationship, betrayal, illicit affair, italian mafia, filicide, gangster, organized crime, rivalry, family life, accidental incest, monastery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, biopic, father son relationship, gay, cannibal ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, kansas city
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A kid from the neighborhood goes to work for the Mafia as a collector.
Style:
suspense, grindhouse, crime drama, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, exploitation, crime family, mobster, italian gangster, italian mafia, twin towers, serial killer, crime wave, gangster, kids in trouble ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Nick Romano is a young Italian American fighting his own personal demons. He's got a chip on his shoulder and a lot to prove. Teamed with his crazy but always loyal partner Carlo, the two small time hoods are on the streets trying to hustle and ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
mafia, crime family, gangster, criminal heroes, couples, curses spells and rituals, organized crime, mobster, loyalty, crime boss, underworld, hustler ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, miami, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins ...
Style:
poliziottesco, historical drama, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, mobster, ambition, organized crime, american mafia, intelligence agency, crime family, mafioso, democrat, gangster, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place:
italy, sicily, usa, europe, new york ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, organized crime, law, historical figure, italian history, law enforcement, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
Similarity:
30%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Style:
suspense, intense, talky, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, mobster, organized crime, friendship, vengeance, tough heroes, greed, murder, criminal heroes, dishonesty, blind ambition, mafia ...
Time:
1920s, year 1991, year 1917, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
new york, israel, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Former marine and cop Jeff Erickson starts a new life after meeting his dream girl, Jill, running a bookshop, until they decide to become the modern Bonnie and Clyde. Learning on the job the hard way, Jeff becomes famous through media-coverage, ...
Style:
intense, rough, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
ex cop, bank robber, partner, heist, couples, romancing a criminal, on the run, couple relations, criminal heroes, true crime, marriage, bank ...
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
30%
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