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Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II (2015)
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Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: On the 6th December 1995, three Essex gang members were brutally murdered in cold blood. It’s now early 1997 and whoever killed the three men have yet to be brought to justice. An associate of the men, still mourning the loss of his friends, is convinced that it’s only a matter of time before he’s next. For him, the only way out is to go back in and work his way back up the criminal ladder. The higher he gets, the more violent the jobs become, his quest for power turning into an obsession. With life and family on the line can he hold his nerve together one last time in order to get out alive?
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, grindhouse
Plot: crime boss, gang leader, criminal gang, bandit, fight, gang, militant, street gang, organized crime, street fighter, gang war, outlaw gang, drug, football, murder, violent, mobster, gangsta, football hooligan, british gangster, gangster, biopic, criminal, drugs, crimes
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspense and disturbing films with plots about gang, organized crime, criminal, bandit, gangster, criminal gang and crime boss mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II: Cocaine Godmother (2017), The Rise of the Krays (2015), Essex Boys Retribution (2013), Rise of the Footsoldier (2007), Malik (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Cocaine Godmother (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with ...
Style: factual, suspense, tense, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: drug smuggling, gang, woman, mother, parent child relationship, cocaine, smuggler, drug, arrest, drug dealer, murder, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: colombia
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Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: criminal, gangster, criminal underworld, most dangerous game, crime boss, drug, bandit, gang, money, criminal gang, organized crime, gang leader ...
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Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A brutal account of how real-life, hard-as-nails Falklands War veteran Tony Tucker came to be involved in one of the most notorious gangland murders in British history.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark
Plot: drug dealer, fight, drug, organized crime, gang leader, crime boss, criminal, murder, drug smuggling, gang war, drug lord, business competition ...
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The Rise of the Krays (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Follows the early years of two unknown 18 year old amateur boxers who quickly fought their way to becoming the most feared and respected villains in all of London. Told through the eyes of a close friend that survived them, we see them rise to ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: criminal, mafia, gangster, bandit, crime boss, brother brother relationship, mafioso, brothers, outlaw gang, gang leader, organized crime, twin brother ...
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Essex Boys Retribution (2013)
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Twenty years after Britain's most notorious gangland murders, the next generation of Essex Boys vie for control as revenge is sought by all sides.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: murder, gang war, violent, crime boss, gang, organized crime, murderer, revenge, criminal's revenge, bandit, criminal gang, criminal ...
Place: england
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, hooligan, drug abuse, murder, criminal, betrayal, police investigation, partners in crime, criminal heroes, rivalry, vicious, dishonor among criminals ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, britain, europe, london
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How I Fell in Love with a Gangster (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 185 min.
Story: A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, enigmatic
Plot: mafia, gangster, mob boss, gang, mysterious girl, outlaw gang, organized crime, crime boss, criminal, criminal gang, mafioso, gang leader ...
Place: poland
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Malik (2021)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: criminal, gangster, murder, murderer, criminal gang, troubled past, bandit, crime and punishment, life is a bitch, cause and meaning, gang, gang war ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Vatos Locos (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Thriller - Two Chicano brothers, Estaban and Raul grow up hard on the streets of Los Angeles. Their papa gets executed for a drug deal gone bad when only seven years old. Half Irish, half Mexican gangster named Mickey Solis takes the two boys in and ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, independent film
Plot: gang member, gangster, gang leader, gang, outlaw gang, street gang, gang war, organized crime, crime boss, bandit, criminal, brothers ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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The Big Heist (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, dark ...
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Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Queen of Hollywood Blvd (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a downward spiral of violence and revenge through the underbelly of Los Angeles.
Style: neo noir, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
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El Padrino II: Border Intrusion (2011)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: No overview yet.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
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First We Take Brooklyn (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An ex-felon joins an Israeli crime syndicate in Brooklyn.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, surprise ending
Plot: ex convict, russian mafia, fight, organized crime, gang war, gangster, gang, power struggle, fight for supremacy, parole, outlaw gang, mob hit ...
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
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Abusing Protocol (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Story: After the death of his brother (Tommy), RJ moves in with Gang Leader (Cane) and quickly finds himself wrapped up in a world of abuse and drugs. Local businessman (Dave) is watching the things he loves disappear in front of his very eyes. What ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing
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Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Duration: 97 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 120 min.
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Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
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Country: Japan
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Pudhupettai (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
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The Fall of the Krays (2016)
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The brutal brothers from Bethnal Green are back and bloodier than ever in Fall of the Krays. Following on from the ferocious Rise Of The Krays, Fall of the Krays picks up the story of the infamous Firm as the cracks start to show in the brothers ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
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Duration: 108 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 103 min.
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Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
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Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on real-life crimes that terrorized Hong Kong in the 1990s, Logan (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) is the head of leading a notorious human trafficking gang, abducting the children of Hong Kong's elite. Police forces decide to send in Sky (Louis Koo), ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Drifter (2016)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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52%
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The Krays (1990)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
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Place: england, london, europe
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