Movies like American Sicario

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American Sicario (2021)
 4.3
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American Sicario (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The story of the rise and fall of the first American-born drug lord in Mexico, this tale of power, money, greed and betrayal amongst rival members of the drug cartels finds American gangster Erik Vasquez scheming to become the top dog in the Mexican underworld, only to find himself making enemies out of both the powerful cartels and his own allies.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult classic
Plot: cartel, criminal, crime boss, gang leader, bandit, relationships, gang, organized crime, male female relationship, criminal underworld, relationship problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, gang member, outlaw gang, gangster boss, gangsta grip, marriage crisis, gangster, mafia, dog, pregnancy, kidnapping, torture, betrayal ...
Time: 2020s
Keyword: gangsters, mexican

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Most similar movies to American Sicario

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspense and disturbing films with plots about gang, bandit, criminal, criminal gang, organized crime, gangster and crime boss mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like American Sicario: Vatos Locos (2011), Sons of Rizk (2015), Pudhupettai (2006), First We Take Brooklyn (2018), Powder and Gold (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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95%
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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72%
 7.4
 5K
Sons of Rizk (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Four brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: sibling relationship, brother, brother brother relationship, crime boss, gangster, organized crime, betrayal, criminal, brothers, escapades, criminal underworld, traitor ...
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 8.4
 8K
Pudhupettai (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: The story is set in the backdrop of the slums of Pudhupettai in Chennai, as the title suggests, where a high school kid Kokki Kumar (Dhanush) sees his mom dead after he comes back from watching a movie. His father, the murderer is also planning to ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, epic, cult classic
Plot: mob hit, politician, gangster, gang leader, gang, criminal, organized crime, murder, mafioso, violence, mafia, outlaw gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Powder and Gold (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Dominican Republic
Story: The real-life story of a drug cartel leader set to Macbeth.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: drug, drug cartel, drug dealer, drug lord, drug dealing, criminal, drug crime, smuggler, drug traffic, drug money, drug smuggler, smuggling ...
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62%
 4.2
 752
Blowback (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a master thief is sabotaged during a bank heist and left for dead, he seeks revenge on his former crew one target at a time. Now, with the cops and the mob closing in, he's in the race of his life to reclaim an untold fortune in ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: revenge, organized crime, outlaw gang, relationship problems, robbery, gang, problem, heist gone wrong, criminal gang, money, armed robbery, heist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 4.9
 2K
Boon (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mercenary Nick Boon is trying to atone for his life as an enforcer for a ruthless syndicate. Running from his past, Boon moves to a remote area in the pacific northwest where he meets a struggling widow and her son. When he finds the pair living in ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: criminal, widow, organized crime, threat, bandit, gang, criminal gang, fight, gang member, battles, gangster
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 8.0
 14K
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 ⇓
45%
 6.6
 2K
Rhino (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine, Germany, Poland
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ukraine, 1990s. Young Vova, cruel and tenacious, struggles to find his place among the ruthless members of the underworld in a city where crime and corruption reign.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, social
Plot: brutality, organized crime, criminal underworld, criminal, crime boss, murder, life is a bitch, violent man, extreme violence, criminal gang, murderer, gang ...
Time: 90s
Place: ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 4.3
 4K
Speed Kills (2018)
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, suspense
Audience: adult
Plot: drug, drug smuggling, showdown, bandit, mafia, danger, outlaw gang, gang, gang member, mafioso, race against time, racing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
South Wind 2: Speed Up (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Nenad, Maras his little brother, wants to follow the ilegal footsteps of his brother and now Maras and Baca have to free him from the clutches of the bad guys.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: gang, breaking the law, criminal underworld, money problems, brother brother relationship, crime boss, organized crime, criminal gang, money, bandit, mafia, robbery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Luck of the Draw (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Jack Sweeny is a young man just trying to get a job. Turned down at another bank due to his criminal record he meets a girl, Rebecca, but also witnesses a 3 way shootout between 2 groups of criminals and the cops over a suitcase containing perfect ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: forgery, ex convict, money, criminal underworld, manhunt, gang war, escapades, threat, criminal gang, mafia, thief, relationship problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.4
 297
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 ...
Plot: robbery, mafia, organized crime, gangster, heist, criminal gang, problem, bandit, burglar, one last chance, gang, outlaw gang ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Syndicate Smasher (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A group of mercenaries hired as contract killers are hunted down by the Mafia, the Yakuza, the Russian Mob, and the Tongs all at once.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: hitman, chinese mafia, mercenary, yakuza, contract, bandit, gang war, criminal gang, gang member, murderer, organized crime, fight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
38%
 7.6
 17K
McMafia (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian mafia exiles, has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of their past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend Rebecca. But when a murder forces his ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, intellectual, neo noir ...
Plot: criminal underworld, mafia, russian mafia, mafioso, organized crime, vengeance, business, family business, confronting the past, crime boss, husband wife relationship, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 7.4
 83K
Master (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story: An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, action thriller ...
Plot: professor, teacher, drug smuggling, drug, criminal, school teacher, gangster, gang, crime boss, criminal gang, bandit, smuggler ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Crook: It's Good to Be Bad (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Jai Dixit sells pirated DVDs and is caught by his uncle Joseph. His uncle changes his personality and name to Suraj Bhardwaj and sends him to Australia. At the airport he meets Romi Latti, a student on a scholarship to Univeristy College. He also ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, light
Plot: criminal, racism, runaway, murder, criminal gang, police corruption, attempted murder, life is a bitch, corrupt cop, bandit, outlaw gang, organized crime ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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
Plot: gang, kidnapper, organized crime, secret mission, abduction, criminal gang, crime boss, outlaw gang, bandit, fighting crime, criminal
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 3.5
 6K
Narco Sub (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man will become a criminal to save his family. Director: Shawn Welling Writer: Derek H. Potts Stars: Tom Vera, Tom Sizemore, Lee Majors |
Style: tense, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, disturbing
Plot: drug cartel, dea, criminal, cartel, criminal heroes, drug dealer, cia agent, sex trafficking, armed forces, kidnapping, drug, cia ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.9
 343
Hot Blooded (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-su is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: gang, gangster, criminal, gang war, bandit, organized crime, criminal gang, life is a bitch, urban setting, drug, town
Place: busan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Enforcer (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the ...
Style: tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: criminal underworld, killer, save the day, mafioso, hitman, crime boss, murder, fight, mafia, rescue, bandit, saving a life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Paradise City (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Renegade bounty hunter Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father.
Style: suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating
Plot: hitman, revenge, partners in crime, gang, criminal gang, gang leader, gangster, gang member, criminal's revenge, loss of father, murder, vengeance ...
Place: hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.2
 296
The Runner (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, 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: captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: gang, working undercover, undercover agent, drug dealer, bandit, organized crime, outlaw gang, drug traffic, drug dealing, criminal, drug, king ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Boone: The Bounty Hunter (2017)
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, suspense
Plot: bounty hunter, drug, organized crime, fighting crime, fight, crime boss, price of justice, fight for justice, bandit, criminal, drug dealer, criminal gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Milan Palermo - The Return (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After 11 years in prison, Mafia accountant Turi Arcangelo Leofonte can return to freedom.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, poliziottesco
Plot: italian police, mafia, organized crime, criminal, bandit, crime boss, gang, partners in crime, criminal underworld, mafioso, accountant, motorcycle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.6
 207
At Stake (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Four brothers Ibra, Elzan, Amar, and Ical attempting to collect money for their father's medical bills. Always in stalemate, the brothers eventually took a very reckless decision.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: gang, money, brothers, brother brother relationship, illness, needing money, criminal gang, brother, money problems, sick father, bandit, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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