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How I Became a Gangster (2019)
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How I Became a Gangster (2019)
Original name: Jak zostałem gangsterem. Historia prawdziwa
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A polish gangster discovers the senselessness of his life.
Style: exciting, tense, suspense, visually appealing
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafioso, criminal underworld, mafia, changing lives, organized crime, group of criminals, personality change, criminal organization, lifestyle change, criminal as protagonist, true crime, moral transformation, character change, love, friendship, meaning of life, breaking the law, money, violence, power, tradition, friend, outlaw gang, lawlessness, fight for supremacy ...
Place: europe, poland
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, captivating and disturbing films with plots about gangster, mafia, organized crime, gang, violence, criminal and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like How I Became a Gangster: Blinded by the Lights (2018), Casino (1995), Women of Mafia 2 (2019), Pericle (2016), The Queen of Hollywood Blvd (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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Blinded by the Lights (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: An eight-episode story charting seven days from the life of a cocaine dealer whose perfectly organized life begins to sink into chaos while he is forced to make the most important choices in his life.
Style: captivating, anthology, tense, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: cocaine, spy, danger, criminal, drug lord, drug, murder, drug dealing, disorder, escapades, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Casino (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story: The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style: realistic, clever, rough, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, gambling, money, greed, mobster, betrayal, cosa nostra, criminal heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1995, 80s, 90s ...
Place: las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
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Women of Mafia 2 (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 138 min.
Story: After taking control of the capital, Nanny's gang prepares for the biggest smuggling action in the history of Poland.
Style: tense, exciting, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: terrorist, drug, drug dealing, danger, violence, fighting crime, murder, friends, disorder, rivalry, life is a bitch, female gangster ...
Place: poland, morocco, colombia, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 5.8
 458
Pericle (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A failed porn actor, working as an enforcer for a mafia kingpin, finds himself confronted with an all-out turf war after an errand goes drastically wrong. Going on the run is his only option.
Style: suspense, touching, tense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: mafia, murder, organized crime, crime boss, mob boss, death, rivalry, gang war, betrayal, society, chase, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ 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 ...
Plot: problem, criminal underworld, strip club, mafia, female protagonist, mafioso, revenge, organized crime, mob hit, gang, bandit, criminal gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Santiago Violenta (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mauro, Noel and Broco have been an inseparable group of friends since grade school. All grown up, their lives are not what they hoped they would be. Life has become so routine that they do nothing more than wait for the weekends to drink themselves ...
Style: contemplative, suspense, exciting, tense, retro ...
Plot: friendship, gangster, criminal underworld, criminal, robbery, friend, violence, organized crime, heist, gang, respect, gunfight ...
Place: chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
33%
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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 ⇓
33%
Last of the Wolves (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: yakuza, fighting crime, gangster, police detective, organized crime, mafioso, criminal gang, criminal, gang, mob hit, mafia, bandit ...
Place: japan, hiroshima japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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 ...
Plot: robbery, mafia, organized crime, gangster, heist, criminal gang, problem, bandit, burglar, one last chance, gang, outlaw gang ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Turning Point (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A slacker who does his best to avoid confrontation strikes up an unlikely friendship with a dangerous thug who suddenly forces his way into his life.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, tense, hood
Plot: unlikely friendships, lifestyle change, changing lives, social problems, criminal gang, lifestyle, swashbuckler, criminal, character change, bandit, escapades, ghetto ...
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33%
Bonded by Blood 2 (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In the shadow of the Range Rover murders, drugs, violence and revenge continue to reign in a criminal underworld even darker and deadlier than before as a new generation of Essex Boys begin to carve their bloody mark.
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, disturbing
Plot: murder, gangster, criminal's revenge, escapades, friends, vengeance, society, battles, criminal underworld, gang, friendship, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.0
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Reich (2001)
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Alex and Andre are two hit men who face death and violence every day but also understand the gentleness of love. They would like to start a new life, but their involvement in the criminal underground is too deep. Alex and Andre move about in a world ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: killer, mafia, gangster, organized crime, hitman, gangster boss, criminal, forbidden love, relationship problems, murder, mafioso, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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 ⇓
32%
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 5K
Borsalino (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story: In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, friendship, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, tough heroes, ex convict, boxing, italian mafia, organized crime, interwar period, mediterranean ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: europe, france, south of france, marseille, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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
Plot: gang, gangster, drug, drunkenness, police, sex, violence, robbery, street gang, gang leader, murder, crime family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 3.6
 454
Backfire (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After a botched robbery escalates to homicide, a north Philly gun runner has to escape or outsmart the south Philly Italian mob as they close in for vengeance.
Style: touching, exciting, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: african american, criminal underworld, mafia, violence, african american man, mob violence, mafioso, street life, mob hit, gangster, murder, organized crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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 ⇓
32%
 6.2
 7K
The Ruthless (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets ...
Style: realistic, harsh, suspense, serious, tense ...
Plot: drug lord, mafia, mob boss, italian mafia, bank robbery, gunfight, robbery, anti hero, mobster, life philosophy, organized crime, ambition ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 60s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
R: Hit First, Hit Hardest (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the ...
Style: tense, realistic, captivating, rough, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, prison life, male pubic hair, friendship, gang, confined, warden, murder, violence, muslim, racial slur, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 1K
Cash Only (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Albania, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Elvis Martini is in deep shit. His dilapidated Detroit apartment building is about to be foreclosed on by the bank; most of his tenants are behind on rent; he's in big debt to bookies and his daughter's school. He finds some ill-gotten ...
Style: suspense, serious, harsh, emotional, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, gangster, father daughter relationship, stolen money, debt, lack of money, life is a bitch, mafia, money, violence, graphic violence, torture ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Honor Thy Father (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of New York's infamous Bonanno organized crime family. When his father disappears in 1964 and Bill ...
Style: serious, realistic, cynical, rough, semi documentary
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, gangster, tough heroes, gays and lesbians, ambition, family relations, husband wife relationship, violence, death, criminal, gang war ...
Time: 60s, year 1967
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Pete, Steven and Dave are good friends that have fallen on hard times; They are unemployed and hardly get by on benefits. Coincidentally, they are approached by a low-key gangster who offers them what seems like quick cash-in-hand work. One ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful
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31%
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Scarface (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style: serious, cult classic, exciting, rough, suspense ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, mafia, organized crime, gunfight, drug lord, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, ambition, violence ...
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Mafia Inc (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 143 min.
Story: The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vincent "Vince" Gamache works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince, reckless and rash, seeks to earn ...
Style: tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, contemplative ...
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Time: 2010s, year 1994, 80s, 90s, year 1980 ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fed up with the meaninglessness of her life, Samantha Flores, an unassuming and shy young woman, living in the city of Los Angeles is convinced by a friend, Juliette, a vivacious call-girl, to go out one night posing as her. What was supposed to be ...
Style: exciting, suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: friendship, betrayal, love, murder, danger, gangster, violence, chase, love and romance, friends, couple relations, couples ...
Time: 21st century
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31%
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Mobsters (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Style: talky, suspense, intense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mobster, gangster, organized crime, friendship, betrayal, greed, murder, criminal heroes, blind ambition, dishonesty, gang, mob boss ...
Time: 1920s, year 1991, 1910s, 1930s, year 1917
Place: new york, israel, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Outrage Coda (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ôtomo gets involved with new Yakuza battles after he comes back the Yakuza society.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gangster, organized crime, survival, danger, violence, mafia, gunfight, murder, hitman, brutality, gang ...
Time: 2010s
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31%
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The Immortal (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Ciro's body is sinking in the dark waters of the Gulf of Naples. And as it sinks deeper and deeper, memories emerge. The sounds muffled by the water merge with the screams of fleeing people. It is 1980, the earth shakes, the palace collapses, ...
Style: harsh, serious, intense, rough, hood
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gang, ghetto, conspiracy, mafia, danger, escapades, social problems, criminal, corrupt cop, urban ghetto, robbery ...
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Place: naples italy, europe, italy
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