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The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)
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Original name: I banchieri di Dio - Il caso Calvi
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through its president Roberto Calvi, notoriously found dead under the Blackfriars Bridge in London in June 1982.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, controversial
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, political corruption, politics, mafia, bank, uncover truth, legal, manipulation, clergy, gangster, society, bankruptcy, cons and scams, finance, biopic, pope, freemason, terrorist, business, italian mafia, big business, italian gangster, dishonesty, state affairs, prison ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, new york, london, switzerland, palermo italy
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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 dishonesty, murder, politics, political corruption, mafia, deadly and gangster mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair: Excellent Cadavers (1999), Angel of Evil (2010), Ruby (1992), Il caso Moro (1986), Fort Apache Napoli (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Romania
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his ...
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, independent film, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
spy, nightclub, assassination plot, killer, john f. kennedy, italian mafia, professional killer, cia agent, italian gangster, corruption, mafia, conspiracy ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago, texas
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30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
On March 16 1978, the Red Brigade kidnap the Chief of the Christian Democraty, the party in power in Italy since the end of the war. Fifty-five days later, his corpse was found in the trunk of a red Renault.
Style:
historical drama, tension, political thriller, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, kidnapping, political violence, power struggle, political unrest, hostage situation, social commentary, conspiracy, mourning, moral ambiguity, investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
italy, europe, southern italy, naples italy
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28%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
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captivating, serious, realistic, rough
Audience:
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Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, criminal heroes, gangster, organized crime, sicilian mafia, italian mafia, bribery, notoriety, cat and mouse, corrupt politician, mobster ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy, southern italy
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
holland, amsterdam
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27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
politics, italian mafia, italian gangster, mafia, circus, crime family, wedding, against the odds, hip hop, frame up, drug abuse, political corruption ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, italy, new york, palermo italy
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film shows the difficulties of an honest, imperiled judge and his bodyguard of four men, trying to clean up a Sicilian town. Corrupt local politicians, working hand-in-hand with the Mafia, will stop at nothing to prevent exposure of their ...
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boys' night
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Time:
90s
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
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26%
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.
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Time:
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Place:
italy, sicily, corsica, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the '80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain the complete control of smuggles. ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
sicily, italy, palermo italy
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy
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Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
mafia, law, business, sicilian, assassination, political corruption, exile, testimony, death threat, power, political scandal, finance ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, milan italy, sicily, new york
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, fighting the system, race against time, undercover, assassination, rebellion, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty, government agency, society ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
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Style:
poliziottesco, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, camorra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, female nudity, police, gulag, mobster, nazi, nude girl ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, naples italy, new york, napoli 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:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, talky, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
poliziottesco, neo noir, tense, realistic, serious ...
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Time:
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Place:
italy, sicily, europe, palermo italy
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serious, tense, political, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
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Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
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Country: Iran
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial plans…
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realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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stylized, captivating, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
politics, investigation, head of state, downfall, life is a bitch, political conspiracy, assassination attempt, state affairs, journalism, dishonesty, political unrest, society ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A reporter teams up with the sister of a murdered model in order to bring her case justice.
Style:
realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, murder, cover up, investigation, uncover truth, fighting the system, model, dishonesty, legal, law enforcement, loss of sibling ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
hopes, politics, fighting the system, idealism, rebellion, love and romance, danger, blind ambition, state affairs, society, youth, rebelliousness ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, captivating
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Place:
russia
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Duration: 189 min.
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Duration: 103 min.
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Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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