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Fartsa (2015)
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Fartsa (2015)
Original name: Фарца
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: An epic saga which takes place over a long time span from 1961 to 1991. From the midpoint of the story we view the friendship of four boys. In season main heroes are in their 20's, they are childhood friends, and for the sake of their friendship they are ready to sacrifice anything. Everyone has their own dreams, but their circumstances will take them on a difficult path and they will be forced into all kinds of underground economic dealings in the early 60s. And, worst of all - they are successful in this business. And the more successful they are, the further they get from their real dreams.
Style: stylized, captivating, realistic, semi serious, atmospheric
Plot: speculation, illicit affair, cons and scams, friendship, best friend, friends, partner, breaking the law, fraud, con artists, criminal, love and romance, organized crime, escapades, group of friends, lifestyle, love, cheating, crime, best friends, crimes
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: soviet union, ussr
Keyword: partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about friendship, friends, criminal, partner, escapades, organized crime and rivalry mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Fartsa: Shuler (2013), Peaky Blinders (2013), Hawaii Five-O (1968), White Heat (2012), Once Upon a Time in Rostov (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Shuler (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: USSR, Odesa, 1980s... Young Kostik wants to escape USSR so he tries to get money for that in a very adventurous way...
Style: captivating, atmospheric, stylized, realistic
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: embezzler, card trick, deception, double life, dishonesty, danger, criminal, bandit, dual identity, gangster, gang, love and romance ...
Time: year 1980
Place: ussr
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95%
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Peaky Blinders (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 2109 min.
TV show
Story: A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style: serious, atmospheric, tense, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gangster, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, mob boss, power struggle, crime boss, family relations, rivalry ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place: england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant ...
Style: captivating, tense, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, fighting crime, multiple suspects, workplace, investigation, police protagonist, police officer, honor, suspect ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.2
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White Heat (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A story about a group of seven London-based students from 1965 to the present day.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, saga ...
Plot: drug addict, society, group of friends, love affair, friendship, lifestyle, social relations, love and romance, friends, destiny, ethnic diversity, flatmate ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s ...
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Once Upon a Time in Rostov (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The story about the activity in Rostov of the gang of "phantasms" that robbed state institutions and kept the entire city in fear. Vyacheslav Tolstopyatov, having witnessed the brutal execution of protesters in Novocherkassk in June 1962, ...
Style: disturbing, exciting, tense, suspenseful
Plot: society, youth, murder, danger, violence, rivalry, family relations, vengeance, friendship, political protest, totalitarian regime, demonstration ...
Time: 60s
Place: ussr, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Stone Jungle Laws (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Four guys from the outskirts of Moscow decide to make easy money - to overtake a car with stolen cargo inside. Not really thinking about the consequences, they make one mistake after another, and very soon they have serious problems with the law. ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, light ...
Plot: peril, youth, friends, danger, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, escapades, best friend, bandit, prison, partner, gang, breaking the law ...
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25%
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Hope Springs (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Ellie finds herself in hiding in a remote Scottish village called Hope Springs along with fellow ex-cons Hannah, Josie and Shoo after plans to start a new life in Barbados – courtesy of £3m stolen from her gangster husband – go awry. All the ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
Plot: crime gone awry, on the run, hidden identity, cons and scams, starting over, dishonesty, partner, best friend, disorder, chases and races, social relations, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, scotland
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34%
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'Orrible (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 'Orrible is a British television sitcom produced by the BBC. Broadcast in 2001, it was written by and starred Johnny Vaughan. Vaughan appears as a taxi-cab driver and wannabe small time criminal in Acton. Despite the BBC having high hopes and ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, thrilling, funny, semi serious ...
Plot: friendship, burglar, robbery, teamwork, heist, satire, friends, escapades, heist gone wrong, criminal
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32%
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Tulskiy Tokarev (2010)
Genre: Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, suspense, tense ...
Plot: rivalry, friendship, danger, escapades, life is a bitch, crime boss, criminal gang, outlaw gang, gang member, gang, organized crime, criminal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Confidence Man JP (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Dako is a con woman. She stays at a suite in a luxury hotel and schemes to take money from vicious wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan and Richard. Boku-chan is a sincere and timid young con man. Richard ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, satirical, entertaining, disturbing
Plot: thief, mafia, cons and scams, escapades, stealing money, mafioso, satire, deception, money, theft, ruse, criminal ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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To Paris (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Soviet youngster Alexey communicates with a fellow radiofan from France and makes big plans for his future. His hardworking blue-collar father Ivan is getting ready to join The Communist Party. Everything changes when Ivan's girlfriend is ...
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: love, robbery, financial problem, social problems, money problems, relationships, life is a bitch, male female relationship, framed for a crime, criminal, accusation, false accusation ...
Place: ussr, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Deadly Tropics (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: On the Caribbean island of Martinique, in the middle of the tropics, several mysterious murders occur. Now it is up to the two investigators Mélissa Sainte-Rose and Gaëlle Crivelli to solve the case - even if the two women have very different ...
Style: stylized, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: police investigation, murder investigation, police detective, buddy, murder mystery, suspicion, death, evidence, murder, buddy cop, youth, testimony ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Reckless (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city of Charleston, S.C. apart.  
Style: realistic, tense, serious, sexy, captivating ...
Plot: hotshot lawyer, courtroom, opposites attract, lawyer, lawyers and clients, courtroom drama, legal, love and romance, friendship, dishonesty, friends, high priced lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, south carolina, charleston south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Queens of Mystery (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Matilda Stone is a perennially single female detective whose three aunts are well-known crime writers that help her solve whodunit style murders as well as set her up on blind dates.
Style: detective, captivating, stylized, serious, clever ...
Plot: investigation, partner, talented, teamwork, riddles and clues, murder mystery, friendship, mind game, escapades, forensics, forensic, retired ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Defenders (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series that ran on CBS from 1961–1965. It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, thought provoking, clever ...
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Duration: 40 min.
TV show
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Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Black Cat (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: The true story of the most famous and bloodthirsty gang of the Stalin era, 'Black Cat', which kept the post-war Moscow in fear. The bandits were seen, their names were known, but they were elusive, because no one could even imagine that ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, romantic ...
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Place: soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Asfur (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story: Asfur is an Israeli television series, which is broadcast on the channel HOT3. Its title, which literally means "bird" in Arabic, is the main protagonist's "good luck bird" – his late grandfather believed that its arrival ...
Style: captivating, semi serious, humorous, light, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, debt, love triangle, rivalry, theft, cons and scams, destiny, family relations, twists and turns, small time, rich and poor, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, jerusalem
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31%
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The Great Train Robbery (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Two-part BBC drama portraying The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963. The first part shows it from the point of view of the robbers, and the second part from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: train robbery, train, criminal heroes, partner, law enforcement, friends, danger, post war, organized crime, conspiracy, mafia, robbery ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1963
Place: england, britain, europe, scotland, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Playboy Club (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: It's the early '60s, and the legendary Playboy Club in Chicago is the door to all your fantasies... and the key is the most sought-after status symbol of its time.
Style: sexy, realistic, serious, stylized, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: playboy, nightlife, lifestyle, nightclub, ambition, starlet, workplace, workplace situations, gangster, new job, lesbian, female protagonist ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
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30%
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Trust Me (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series revolves around Rothman, Greene, and Moore, a fictional advertising firm. The storylines center on the difficulties of securing accounts and the characters' personal lives.
Style: realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, witty ...
Plot: advertising, workplace, workplace intrigue, partner, friendship, relationship vs career, advertising agency, workaholic, ambition, promotion, boss and employee, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
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30%
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Mrs Biggs (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 258 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of Charmian Biggs (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Style: emotional, stylized, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot: couple relations, criminal heroes, love and romance, family relations, love affair, wanted, couples, crime and punishment, fugitive, train robbery, true crime, british history ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1950s
Place: england, rio de janeiro, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Crime Story (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Crime Story is an American TV drama, created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson, that premiered in 1986 and ran for two seasons on NBC. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left his other series Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, detective, captivating ...
Plot: police, police detective, gangster, law enforcement, tough heroes, mafia, mobster, vendetta, danger, cop, rivalry, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1963
Place: chicago, usa, las vegas, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Curse (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In 1980s East London, a gang of hopeless crooks become embroiled in a major gold heist.
Style: humorous, captivating, satirical, semi serious
Plot: criminal, organized crime, satire, bandit, gang, criminal gang, heist gone wrong, burglar, heist, robbery, theft, stealing money ...
Time: 80s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Girlfriends (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: After the dramatic and sudden death of Linda's husband Micky, childhood friends Linda, Sue and Gail find themselves back together again. Each has their own problems to face; from a looming divorce from the husband she still loves and the loss ...
Style: captivating
Plot: woman, best friend, group of friends, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, lifestyle, social relations, friends, coping, life, society, social issues, girlfriend ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Las Vegas (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Las Vegas is an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the fictional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working ...
Style: sexy, stylized, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, hot and sexy, friends, boss and employee, cons and scams, team, businessman, parents and children, sin, buddies, lifestyle, workplace ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.8
 3K
Minder (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Minder is a British comedy-drama series about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV. The show ran for ten series between 29 October 1979 ...
Style: comedy drama, sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: urban, police, con men, fight, money, bodyguard, boxer, cop, city, dealer, scheme, small time ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Rotters' Club (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' adaptation of Jonathon Coe's novel follow a group of Birmingham teenagers, and their families, through the 1970s.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: teenage boy, teenage life, friendship, group of friends, best friend, lifestyle, grownups, friends, adolescence vs adulthood
Time: 70s
Place: britain, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Ripley (2024)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home. Tom's acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and ...
Style: neo noir, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: gay interest, murder, affection, con artists, murderer, deception, killings, fraud, cons and scams, murder mystery
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Soldiers (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The action takes place in a certain military unit, in the city near it, in characters's apartments. The life and attitudes of soldiers, sergeants, warrant officers, officers and their closest associates are shown.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: teens
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Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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