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Kin (2021)
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
organized crime, crime family, family relations, life is a bitch, gang war, bandit, gang, criminal, dysfunctional family, gang member, criminal gang, spy, corruption, ex convict, crime boss, drug dealer, drug traffic, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, gangster, anti hero, street gang, family, anti-hero, drug trafficking ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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Most similar movies to Kin
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and disturbing films and TV series with plots about criminal, gang, organized crime, bandit, criminal gang, gangster and crime boss mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Kin: Love/Hate (2010), Ganglands (2021), Power Book IV: Force (2022), Welcome to Texas (2017), 4 Blocks (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, profanity, outlaw, addiction, ex convict, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, gang, gang war, rivalry, violent content, young man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Mehdi, a qualified robber, and Liana, an apprentice thief, get involved in a turf war between drug dealers, and have to collaborate in order to save their loved ones.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, hood
Plot:
drug dealer, drug lord, organized crime, gang, criminal, thief, gang war, teamwork, showdown, robbery, bandit, burglar ...
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75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological
Plot:
criminal, crime boss, husband and wife, organized crime, life is a bitch, male protagonist, criminal underworld, criminal gang, gang, sex scene, black ops, drug ...
Place:
chicago
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A married couple leading a criminal organization specialized in smuggling ends up in the middle of the international crime business while trying to protect their family.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
criminal, smuggling, married couple, family relations, crime boss, organized crime, corruption, family life, criminal underworld, criminal gang, drug traffic, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
100%
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11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Based in Neukölln, Berlin Toni manages the daily business of dealing with the Arabic gangs and ends up wanting to leave his old life behind for his family, but as expected, its never that simple.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense
Plot:
clan, islam, mafia, drug, drug smuggling, gang, brothers, dishonesty, betrayal, family relations, drug lord, drug dealer ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, this prequel to "Power" revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark.
Style:
psychological, captivating
Plot:
adulthood, gang leader, gang, gang war, partners in crime, grownups, life is a bitch, adolescence vs adulthood, crime boss, criminal, bandit, outlaw gang ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Ex Manchester gangland boss Michael O'Connor, who is now happily settled in rural Ireland, is forced to go back to Manchester when his son Sean is found guilty of the murder of a gang member.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
mafia, uncover truth, haunted by the past, murder, dishonesty, gangster, parents and children, confined, righting the wronged, criminal heroes, danger, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the 1990s, these are the life and times of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, a man who became the head of the Juárez cartel. Nicknamed “El Señor de los Cielos” (Lord of the Skies) because of the large fleet of airplanes he used to transport ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, drug lord, master criminal, rise to the top, drug, money, gangster, smuggling, gang war, generosity, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
latin america, colombia, mexico, new mexico
Similarity:
100%
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8K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The drug trafficking drama is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country. It revolves around ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
gang war, mafioso, criminal gang, bandit, criminal, female nudity, organized crime, drug lord, gang, criminal underworld, partners in crime, criminal syndicate ...
Time:
80s
Place:
detroit
Similarity:
100%
58K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
James “Ghost” St. Patrick has it all: a beautiful wife, a gorgeous Manhattan penthouse, and the hottest, up-and-coming new nightclub in New York. His club, Truth, caters to the elite: the famous and infamous boldface names that run the city that ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
nightclub, drug dealing, nightlife, nightclub owner, drug lord, ambition, organized crime, money laundering, double life, politics, businessman, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
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 ...
Plot:
violence, gang, black cast, mobster, danger, organized crime, showdown, power struggle, criminal gang, rivalry, criminal, murder ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 60s
Place:
harlem, new york, harlem, new york city
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 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, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, gangster, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, mob boss, rivalry, shooting ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the multi-ethnic communities on the outskirts of Milan, three teenagers grow up and deal with love, generational conflicts, female emancipation and, above all, power struggles.
Style:
dramatic, crime drama, captivating, entertaining, tense ...
Plot:
gang, gay, drug dealer, cocaine, female nudity, power struggle, drug trade, urban, criminal gang, drug, young woman, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
milan italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In Cali during the '60s and '70s, two brothers juggle family, romance and the joint pursuit of a burning ambition: to rule Colombia's drug industry.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
drug cartel, drug lord, drug dealer, war on drugs, cartel, smuggling, brother brother relationship, drug, crime boss, partners in crime, criminal, drug traffic ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
40%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
mafia, criminal underworld, crime boss, mob boss, gangster, organized crime, criminal, family relations, lifestyle, group of criminals, criminal's revenge, criminal gang ...
Place:
montreal, quebec, canada
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Yannick Moreau is a reformed criminal who rebuilt his life in Quebec living with a new identity under the witness protection program. Will the past catch up with him?
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
witness protection, small town, problem, dysfunctional family, troubled past, hidden identity, personality change, fighting crime, family problems, gang, secret past, drug smuggling ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Best friends Romano, Potlood and De Paus rise in the rank of the criminal world. Before they know it, they run Amsterdam's entire coke market. Because of jealousy, their relation becomes complicated and ends up hostile.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, tense, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
mafia, dutch mafia, friendship, character study, organized crime, gang war, gangster, unfulfillment, criminal heroes, social decay, society, dishonesty ...
Similarity:
100%
356
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three Englishmen working as waiters on a cruise ship in 1927 are given a chance to work for the Al Capone gang.
Style:
tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, al capone, crime family, mobster, gang, criminal gang, bandit, crime boss, outlaw gang, street gang ...
Time:
1920s
Similarity:
37%
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18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, neo noir, intellectual ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, mafia, russian mafia, organized crime, businessman, vengeance, confronting the past, crime boss, family business, dishonesty, husband wife relationship, assassin ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud is a six-part New Zealand television mini-series. The series originally aired from 17 August 2011 to 21 September 2011. It was the first Underbelly series to be created outside of Australia, and depicts ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug traffic, drug lord, criminal underworld, smuggling, drug, drug trade, underworld, drug dealer, drug smuggling, gang member, drug cartel ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An ex-felon joins an Israeli crime syndicate in Brooklyn.
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, surprise ending ...
Plot:
gang war, russian mafia, ex convict, fight, organized crime, criminal gang, gangster, parole, gang member, crime boss, outlaw gang, power struggle ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime
Country: Colombia
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story and the book, At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel by award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel, En la Boca del Lobo follows the series of events that ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, colombian drug cartel, drug lord, drug smuggling, mafia, war on drugs, drug kingpin, organized crime, drug dealer, gangster boss, drug ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Five years ago, Wu Gang was killed by a drug trafficking organization named "K", and his son Wu Zhen Feng was expelled from the police force. Utterly dissipated, Wu Zhen Feng boards the bus to the borders, while his best friend Chen Yu ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
police officer, investigation, tragic past, drug dealer, uncover truth, bandit, criminal gang, criminal, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder, fight for justice ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Unfolding in Milan at the end of the 80s, Bang Bang Baby is a crime series centred around a shy and insecure teenager, Alice, who becomes a mafia organisation’s youngest member in a bid to win the love of her father, an ‘ndrangheta affiliate.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
father and daughter, mafia, juvenile delinquency, criminal, teenage life, gang, bandit, fantasizing, teenager, gang member, criminal gang, family relations ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Rio de Janeiro, during the 90's. Evandro dreams about becoming a great businessman, but ends up entering the world of crime and making an empire out of his criminal organization. His business skills and leadership abilities draw the attention ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, exciting
Plot:
favela, police investigation, organized crime, drug, criminal gang, drug lord, criminal underworld, fighting crime, police officer, drug dealer, uninhibited rivalry, criminal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bolivia, rio de janeiro, paraguay, latin america
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, 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:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, dark
Plot:
drug dealer, ex soldier, fight, drug, gang leader, criminal gang, crime boss, organized crime, drug smuggling, bandit, criminal, gang ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After unwittingly stealing money from a cartel, a cash-strapped professor finds the only way to save his broken family is by working as a drug courier.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
secret, organized crime, bankruptcy, professor, criminal, money, gang, problem, social problems, money problems, drug dealing, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime family, criminal, danger, escapades, heist, family conflict, gay brother, twists and turns, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, friendship, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, southern california, new zealand
Similarity:
35%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A father who never stopped fighting against drugs. A son who never stopped using them. Two sides of the same coin. Victor is a cop who has fought all his life to curb cocaine trafficking. His son is a drug addict who has become one of the most ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
sex, favela, drug cartel, war on drugs, drug, father son relationship, criminal, drug traffic, cocaine, father son estrangement, relationship problems, estranged father ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
rio de janeiro, northeast brazil, brazil
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime
Country: Lithuania
TV show
Story:
Based on real-life events that took place in Lithuania at the end of the 20th century. At a time when criminal groups prevailed and corruption was rampant in the authorities, the biggest source of income for Lithuanian gangs was smuggling ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, dark, brutal ...
Plot:
smuggling, gang, gang war, criminal underworld, organized crime, street gang, everyday life, criminal gang, criminal, bandit, crime boss, gang member ...
Time:
90s
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
35%
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