Movies and TV shows like A Model Family
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A Model Family (2022)
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Original name: 모범가족
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
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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:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
secret, organized crime, bankruptcy, money, gang, criminal, professor, bandit, drug dealer, drug traffic, life is a bitch, drug dealing, social problems, problem, drug smuggling, stolen money, threat, money problems, drug, investigation, married couple, domestic drama, family drama, gun violence, netflix ...
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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, organized crime, gang, drug, bandit, drug dealer and life is a bitch mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Model Family: My Name (2021), The Lord of the Skies (2013), Extracurricular (2020), Desperate Measures (2022), Gangs of Galicia (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
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Yoon Ji-woo's father dies suddenly. She wants to desperately take revenge on whoever is responsible for her father's death. Yoon Ji-woo works for drug crime group Dongcheonpa. Choi Moo-jin is the boss of the drug gang. With the help of ...
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dorama, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, female protagonist, drug, bandit, murder, organized crime, secret, target, investigation, criminal underworld, mole, gang ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
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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 ...
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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
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
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Determined to escape a dead-end life, a gifted high school student turns to a world of serious crime to ensure he can pay for college.
Style:
dorama, suspense, serious, disturbing, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
secret life, criminal, high school life, friendship, hidden identity, danger, undercover, money problems, financial problem, secret revealed, social problems, double life ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
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Rowan's life spirals when Finn is coerced into a botched drug deal by a local gang. With Finn's life on the line and a violent gang leader encroaching on her life, Rowan is faced with recouping the money that Finn lost.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug, desperation, gang violence, drug deal, protective parent, gang war, crime boss, threat, drug traffic, life is a bitch, drug smuggling ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min.
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When her father's murder reveals a hidden double life, a lawyer seeks revenge by infiltrating a Galician drug cartel and becoming close to its leader.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological
Plot:
lawyer, drug dealing, small town, investigation, town, drug, secret, criminal, drug lord, intrigue, female protagonist, vengeance ...
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505
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 47 min.
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A dark world of well-organised drug crime is hidden behind the calm life of Brabant. Jara and Rens both come to discover that when upon return to their birth province after a long time. She wants to clear the name of her father, he wants to distance ...
Style:
psychological, crime drama, crime thriller, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
drug traffic, organized crime, corruption, underworld, drug, relationships, family relations, problem, male female relationship, life is a bitch, social problems, criminal underworld ...
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35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
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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
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33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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A young man goes to great lengths to enter the drug syndicate to finish the undercover mission that his girlfriend started.
Fang Han (Qin Junjie) and his girlfriend were childhood friends. She was an exceptional cop and undercover. Upon finding out ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot:
drug, covert operation, organized crime, criminal gang, cold case, war on drugs, secret life, crime solving, investigation, unsolved crime, drug smuggling, undercover agent ...
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31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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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31%
656
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 312 min.
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When a boatload of cannabis belonging to Moroccan drug lord El Feo is hijacked, the robbery has repercussions stretching across three countries.
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tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, marijuana, drug traffic, organized crime, drug lord, criminal, cannabis, drug dealer, gangster, drug, illegal drugs, drug dealing ...
Place:
europe, morocco
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29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
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While chaos rules over Rome, established alliances are at risk as tensions rise with emerging criminal clans. The world of "Suburra" takes a new turn.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful, political drama
Plot:
gangster, criminal, mafia, gang, fight, problem, crime family, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, criminal underworld, social problems, subculture ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 44 min.
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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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28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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A father and son represent two generations of policemen as they risk their lives in the war against drugs.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, drug, smuggling, gang, organized crime, narcotics, law enforcement, trafficking, drug bust, drug smuggling, criminal, police officer ...
Place:
china
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28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Disguised under the shadows of a mask, a crew of desperados band together under the leadership of a criminal mastermind known only as “The Professor” to pull off the biggest heist Korea has ever seen.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
gang, motorcycle, money, mission, hostage negotiator, theft, organized crime, criminal, stealing money, heist gone wrong, teamwork, criminal gang ...
Place:
north korea, south korea
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28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
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psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, dark ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, drug, drug dealer, criminal, drug traffic, organized crime, drug use, drug lord, rise to power, gangster, anti hero, ambition ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
netherlands
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 46 min.
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A minor girl goes missing in a small town in Tamilnadu and an investigation follows. A sub inspector investigating a missing girl's case in a uncovers some shocking revelations and dirty truths those threaten to shake up the cultural societal ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, missing child, bandit, gang, fight, crime boss, criminal, life is a bitch, battles, corruption, small town ...
Place:
india
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28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
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The 70's. A new scenario has changed the face of the city's nightlife by combining light, radiance and music: the disco clubs. It is in this context that we follow the life of the Vêneto family. When Michele Vêneto came to Brazil running ...
Style:
novela, tense, disturbing, captivating, soap opera
Plot:
unhappy marriage, drug, dysfunctional family, organized crime, drug traffic, drug dealing, drug lord, social problems, family problems, crumbling marriage, family life, troubled marriage ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
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28%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 30 min.
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A journalist’s life devolves into chaos when she shields her brother from the law, inadvertently entangling her family in a drug lord's merciless scheme.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
organized crime, investigative journalism, drug lord, drug cartel, investigative reporter, drug dealing, female journalist, drug, problem, drug dealer, secret, drug traffic ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK
Duration: 50 min.
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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, gang war, life is a bitch, criminal gang, gang member, bandit, dysfunctional family, criminal, gang, ex convict ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
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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, entertaining, disturbing, suspense, anthology ...
Plot:
cocaine, spy, criminal, drug lord, danger, drug, drug cartel, bandit, drug traffic, smuggler, organized crime, chaos ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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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
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27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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A newly-elected Mennonite pastor, who is determined to rid his community of drug traffickers. But Noah's actions trigger an ultimatum from "Menno mob" leader Eli Voss.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
religion, organized crime, criminal gang, mafia, war on drugs, pastor, mob boss, double life, police officer, bandit, fighting crime, community ...
Place:
nova scotia, canada
Similarity:
27%
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534
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
teenage gang, drug trade, drug dealer, drug traffic, revenge killing, gang violence, ghetto, street gang, death of brother, revenge, urban ghetto life, drug ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
marseille
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 37 min.
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Story:
A world-famous comedian desperately searches for a way out after a night in Philadelphia with his brother threatens to sabotage more than his success.
Style:
suspense, semi autobiographical, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
comedian, famous, gang, family problems, brother brother relationship, stand up comedian, brothers, life is a bitch, relationship vs career, celebrity, criminal, ex convict ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
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Two friends in the past were victims of serious school bulling. One could not resist his trauma, and becomes a serial killer, walking in the path of revenge. Another one tries his best to overcome the trauma and becomes a police detective. He now ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, child abuse, murder, bullying, violence, flashback, social problems, life is a bitch, murder mystery, friendship, criminal, tragic past ...
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27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
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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
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27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An educated chemical engineer becomes an undercover officer against drug dealers.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, stylized, psychological
Plot:
investigation, professor, undercover, secret, lifestyle change, life is a bitch, criminal, peril, teamwork, drug dealing, prodigy, genius ...
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26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
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Story:
The series deals with three groups: modern businessmen - drug dealers and their subordinates, police officers and finally teenagers and their parents all operating in the seedy underbelly of Belgrade.
Style:
tense, crime drama, detective, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
teenager, police procedural, organized crime, drug trade, teenage life, drug, teen angst, social problems, multiple storylines, life is a bitch, society, social issues ...
Place:
serbia, belgrade
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26%
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, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
forgery, ex convict, criminal underworld, money, manhunt, gang war, threat, money falling through the air, problem, mafia, thief, relationship problems ...
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