Movies like Crisis
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Crisis (2021)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market.
Style:
tense, captivating, anamorphic
Plot:
drug dealing, drug addiction, drugs, war on drugs, drug lord, drug smuggling, drug addict, criminal, family relations, drug traffic, father son relationship, social problems, relationship problems, fighting crime, showdown, drug rehab, mafia, spy, teacher, politics, suspense, undercover, organized crime, covert operation, recovering drug addict ...
Place:
montreal, canada, detroit, montreal quebec, montreal quebec canada
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Most similar movies to Crisis
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspenseful and realistic films with plots about suspense, drugs, criminal, drug dealing, drug dealer, organized crime and gang mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Crisis: Swallow (2021), Eye for an Eye (2019), Traffic (2000), La querida del Centauro (2016), Speed Kills (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980s, Tolani Ajao is a bank secretary in Lagos, who finds herself persuaded by her friend Rose Adamson to enter the world of drug trafficking.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
drug dealing, drugs, suspense, criminal, money problems, life is a bitch, social problems, society, illegal drugs, drug dealer, drug traffic, bandit ...
Time:
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95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mario, an exemplary man, lives in a village on the Galician coast. In the old people’s home, where he works as a nurse, everyone appreciates him. When the best known narco in the area, Antonio Padín, recently released from prison, enters the ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, realistic, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, drug dealing, drug dealer, police raid, murder, doctor, police, prison, lawyer, organized crime, betrayal, revenge ...
Place:
galicia
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86%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, thought provoking, political, dramatic ...
Plot:
drug dealer, organized crime, drug addiction, drug lord, addiction, drug traffic, drug abuse, drug cartel, gangsters, corruption, war on drugs, suspense ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
mexico, california, los angeles, latin america, maryland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
"La querida del Centauro" chronicles the life of Yolanda, an attractive and intelligent prisoner, that becomes the mistress of one of the most important drug traffickers of Mexico, Benedictino García, alias "El Centauro". This ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
family problems, drugs, drug dealing, male female relationship, life is a bitch, mother daughter relationship, gang leader, love interest, family relations, drug lord, romancing a criminal, bandit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.
Style:
captivating, tense, cynical
Plot:
drugs, drug smuggling, showdown, bandit, mafia, criminal gang, lovers, criminal, race, gang member, gang, suspense ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler is forced to take a chance with his own life
Style:
tense, captivating, erotic
Plot:
gambler, gambling addiction, drugs, addiction, gambling, lifestyle, suspense, social problems, life is a bitch, relationship problems, risk, life risking ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Towing a submerged torpedo in the wake of their battered fishing boat, a desperate fisherman and a naive kid embark on a journey trafficking millions of dollars worth of cocaine. Shot entirely on location along the Pacific coast of Colombia—in ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
suspense, drug dealing, race against time, crime gone awry, family relations, disorder, escapades, ocean, murder, drugs, blaxploitation, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of Ross Ulbricht, the charismatic young tech-mastermind who unleashed the darknet website Silk Road, and the corrupt DEA agent determined to bring down his billion-dollar empire.
Style:
captivating, tense
Plot:
computer genius, cat and mouse, showdown, fighting the system, bandit, crime boss, criminal, spy, suspense, computer, fbi, hacking ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In this third installment of the 'Pusher' trilogy, we follow Milo ('Zlatko Buric'), the drug lord from the two first films. He is aging, he is planning his daughter's 25th birthday and his shipment of heroin turns out to be ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, cynical ...
Plot:
gangsters, drugs, organized crime, heroin, heroin addict, dark humor, master criminal, parents and children, family relations, aging, drug lord, drug smuggling ...
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
JW now lives in exile and is more than ever determined to find out what happened to his missing sister Camilla. Every trace leads him to the world of organized crime in Stockholm. Jorge is about to do his last score - the largest robbery in Swedish ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal, mafia, revenge, murder, gang, working undercover, gangsters, missing person, criminal heroes, criminal gang, suspense, smuggler ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, sweden, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood, and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
destructive relationship, brutality, degradation, addiction, friendship, life philosophy, drug trip, drug traffic, downfall, drug dealing, drug addict, junkie ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
415
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A doctor is pulled into Stockholm's underbelly after his brother gets caught up in a botched drug deal.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
haunted by the past, dishonesty, race against time, doctor, brother brother relationship, drug dealer, suspense, hospital, drug addiction, drug dealing, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
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Story:
It takes place in the Galicia (Spain) of the 80s, when the fishing sector was transformed and many of the shipowners became indebted. This situation will be favorable for the start of activities such as contraband and drug trafficking.
Style:
intense, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug smuggling, gangsters, drugs, drug use, drug addiction, cocaine, political corruption, money laundering, mafia, drug dealing, organized crime, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain, colombia, galicia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
53K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, business, money, police investigation, suspense, adultery, twists and turns, morality, moral ambiguity, manipulation, moral dilemma, manager ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After being busted for drug possession, Aiden, a troubled teenager, is forced by the cops to go undercover and risk his life to bring down a dangerous drug kingpin.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
gang, criminal gang, working undercover, bandit, drugs, criminal, drug dealing, organized crime, undercover agent, drug traffic, drug dealer, outlaw gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Taylor Reynolds, a typical suburban mom, who made some bad life decisions and was sentenced to three years in jail for a DUI and possession of drugs. After her release, Taylor fights the stigma of her past misdeeds, works to regain the support of ...
Style:
tense, captivating
Plot:
criminal, criminal underworld, social problems, secret, family problems, husband wife relationship, bandit, female protagonist, gang, partners in crime, cell mate, suspense ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot:
police, drugs, death, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, family relations, friendship, murder, suspense, gangsters, brotherhood, son murders father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
14K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum,but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
chess, african american, coming of age, drugs, drug dealing, gangsters, drug lord, gang, drug addiction, father son relationship, ghetto, hip hop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, africa, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
drug lord, drug dealing, father son relationship, agent, prison, suspense, drugs, organized crime, secret service, family relations, police investigation, suspicion ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, missouri, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
10K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The taciturn police commander Zhang leads an undercover drugs team and in his continuous battle against the ubiquitous drug barons, takes up arms against his arch enemy, Timmy Choi. When he gets hold of Choi, he makes a deal with him: in exchange ...
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war on drugs, drug cartel, undercover, mole, whistleblower, criminal, criminal heroes, recruit, law enforcement, betrayal, dishonesty, drugs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A ruthless Columbian drug lord has been using a cold-blooded assassin nicknamed The Devil to wipe out his competition. Sensing a threat to the US, the DEA hires a Marine sniper to kill The Devil, and capture the kingpin.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
sniper, mission, war on drugs, murderer, special agents, chase, suspense, drug dealer, drug lord, undercover agent, drug smuggling, secret mission ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A weathered CIA agent is thrown into a web of deception when he uncovers a rogue government plot to unleash a deadly drug on humanity.
Style:
tense, captivating
Plot:
special agents, cia agent, agent, conspiracy, fighting crime, evil plot, plan, drugs, organized crime, showdown, secret, save the world ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
447
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
teenage gang, drug dealer, drug traffic, drug trade, revenge, death of brother, ghetto, gang violence, street gang, revenge killing, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Style:
tense, realistic, dramatic, factual, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug lord, drugs, money laundering, suspense, addiction, gangsters, drug cartel, federal agent, investigation, death, undercover agent, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
latin america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
38K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
Style:
suspenseful, sexy, entertaining, exciting, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
spy, paranoia, suspense, workplace, betrayal, deception, undercover, rivalry, escape, mind game, uninhibited rivalry, revenge ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of a dangerous little girl who is reunited with her natural mother after living with her controlling grandparents in a rural farmhouse in seclusion.
Style:
captivating, tense
Plot:
psychological abuse, imaginary friend, suspense, family relations, past coming back to haunt, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, family problems, haunted by the past, dark past, troubled past ...
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38%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When fame-seeking reality show bounty hunter, Boone, attempts to bring down a drug lord and his empire, he uncovers more than he bargains for and learns that justice means more than ratings.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 312 min.
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Story:
When a boatload of cannabis belonging to Moroccan drug lord El Feo is hijacked, the robbery has repercussions stretching across three countries.
Style:
rough, brutal, serious
Plot:
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37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Juan, a secret service agent, approaches Wendy, a young Filipina who works as a maid for a suspicious couple.
Style:
tense, captivating
Plot:
espionage, secret agents, spy, double agent, special agents, police corruption, criminal, suspense, undercover agent, political corruption, state crimes, female nudity
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A newly-elected Mennonite pastor, who is determined to rid his community of drug traffickers. But Noah's actions trigger an ultimatum from "Menno mob" leader Eli Voss.
Style:
disturbing, tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
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Place:
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