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Changing the Game (2012)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An epic tale about a supremely intelligent young African-American male who rises from the ferocious and oppressive streets of North Philadelphia to being a shining star in the lucrative world of high finance at Wall Street's most prestigious firm. However, he soon finds that the white-collar world is filled with crime and death just like the drug-filled hood he left behind. His only chance of survival is to fully integrate a mysterious gift from a slain childhood friend fully into the fabric of his character.
Style:
captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, surprise ending, deep, crime drama, action thriller, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
law firm, wall street, rise to the top, ambition, workplace, urban, moral dilemma, corporate world, murder, rivalry, betrayal, corruption, society, danger, hip hop, hip hop culture, discrimination, black, black man, black friday, profanity, legal, sexual content, workplace situations, urban ghetto ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, philadelphia
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Most similar movies to Changing the Game
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about urban, rivalry, gangster, society, gang, urban ghetto and criminal heroes mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Changing the Game: The Wrecking Crew (2000), Before I Self Destruct (2009), The Ministers (2009), Decisions (2011), The Power of Few (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A high-level government hit squad is sent into the streets in order to complete a deadly mission.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, rival gang, working undercover, life is a bitch, undercover, urban ghetto life, rivalry, partners against crime, danger, partner, hip hop, gang war ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, detroit
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95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, ...
Style:
hood, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
desire for fame, hip hop, life is a bitch, youth, family relations, basketball, gang, black, hopes, rivalry, urban, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
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tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
profanity, vengeance, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, murder, unlikely couple, brainwashing, religious fanaticism, violent content, romancing a criminal, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
79%
293
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, disorder, urban ghetto, law enforcement, police corruption, gangster, friendship, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Spies, cops and armed children cross paths on a day of danger, mystery and possible transformation. Five unusual characters are unknowingly connected to an extraordinary smuggling operation, as religious conspiracy collides with urban crime.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
conspiracy, religions or cults, escapades, medicine, multiple storylines, collision, danger, violent content, profanity, obsessive quest, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, crime thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, rivalry, life turned upside down, dishonesty, going straight, on the run, robbery, stolen money, greed, corruption, betrayal, criminal underworld ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
72%
543
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When John Kim, an ambitious young lawyer, takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a fourteen-year-old boy from a first degree murder charge, he finds a world he never knew existed in the underbelly of Manhattan - the Korean underworld.
Style:
captivating, tense, atmospheric, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
lawyer, gangster, ambition, mafia, fish out of water, murder, rivalry, danger, law, korean gangster, dialogue, korean american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, korea
Similarity:
71%
673
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, gang, moral dilemma, breakup, nightclub, rivalry, danger, love and romance, murder, sacrifice, loyalty, underworld ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who becomes caught up in a bloody war between two feuding crime families while struggling to leave the streets behind. When Black's family raids one of ...
Style:
hood, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hip hop, gang, rivalry, urban ghetto life, vengeance, gangster, lifestyle, drug dealing, going straight, introspection, moral dilemma, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
65%
716
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man's downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, erotic ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, infidelity, breakup, couples, couple relations, rivalry, obsession, danger, jealousy, sex scene, african american ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's ...
Style:
hood, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, urban, frame up, racism, life is a bitch, police investigation, social decay, police corruption, murder, false accusation, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Frustrated with being broke, Beans decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it.
Style:
hood, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, urban, gangster, drug dealing, family life, ghetto, buddies, juvenile delinquency, friendship, social decay, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
usa, memphis, philadelphia
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Breaking Point" is a dramatic tale of corruption and self-realization, in which one man has to overcome a deep seeded conspiracy and his own lingering past in order to gain the redemption he desires.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, conspiracy, dishonesty, law enforcement, uncover truth, partner, unlikely partners, legal investigation, legal, redemption, strong violent content, gang leader ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of Santo Bastucci, a local banker with a rare gift for memorizing numbers; he is unwittingly cast into the forefront of an aging wiseguy's bid for power, Manny "The Hand" Mistera. Santo is caught between the loyalty he has ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, exciting, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
italian mafia, mobster, pastor, gangster, mafia, mob boss, banker, con artists, gang, mafioso, bandit, organized crime ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
52%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
Style:
serious, captivating, touching, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
boy, family relations, odd couple, dysfunctional family, friendship, black, life is a bitch, orphan, danger, african american, hip hop culture, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
wall street, ambition, office, trading, dishonesty, rivalry, rise to the top, workplace, stock broker, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, boss and employee ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A power vacuum develops when the top mob boss flees a federal indictment.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, murder, betrayal, violence, mafia, gang, criminal gang, bandit, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
50%
244
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tony Smalls is a burned out lawyer looking for a new direction in life. He's forced to put his plans on hold when his sister Nia asks him to defend her fiance', a gang kingpin who is under arrest for a triple murder that he says he ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, hood, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, fighting the system, gang, society, legal, dishonesty, courtroom, homeless, thug life, poverty, african american, black ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the city of 9 Million people everyone is engulfed in the everyday rat race chasing that almighty dollar. This movie tells the story of one of its own 'Carter Blanche'. Carter has staked his claim to the American dream. But history ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, hood ...
Plot:
hip hop, rivalry, drug dealing, betrayal, ambition, musician's life, starting over, artists and showbiz, urban ghetto, urban, african american, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Musical, Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three gangsters vie for control of the streets of Philadelphia.
Style:
hood, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, urban, hip hop, drug dealing, vengeance, rivalry, social decay, murder, tough heroes, gangster, partner, criminal ...
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
People always told Santos he was something special. His Uncle told him to get a skill, so he became a hustler and with his three,they became "The Stick Up Kids" Harlem would never be the same. They thought they had it all... Money, cars, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, rivalry, friends, buddies, criminal's revenge, urban ghetto life, society, dishonesty, cons and scams, black, african american, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a man known only as "The Digger" opens fire in a train station many are left dead. The only clue the FBI has is a hand written letter with demands on it. Agent Margurete needs help analyzing it and the best is retired specialist ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
hitman, special agent, law enforcement, danger, murder, fbi, investigation, rivalry, shooter, letter, police procedural, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new york
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bill Scanlin loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
protecting from truth, downfall, unfulfillment, destructive relationship, danger, family relations, rivalry, murder, society, male pubic hair, male nudity, crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life ...
Style:
hood, grim, crime drama, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, prostitute, black, pimp, urban, african american, cop, violent content, drug abuse, city life, urban ghetto life, cons and scams ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Since closing the door to a violent past, quiet and thoughtful Moses Stanton everyday existence is running a small neighborhood store, and watching over his daughter who doesn't know he exists. When a young man, Malik, comes in claiming to be a ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, tense, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
drug dealing, going straight, forced into action, society, social relations, family relations, small town, parents and children, store, profanity, muslim, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In Cashville, two friend friends are torn apart buy fast money and launch an all out street war where no one can be trusted. Loyalty and Respect is lost over Cash in the city of Cashville.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspense, independent film
Plot:
hip hop, rise to the top, gang, rise and fall, rivalry, ambition, gangster, society, buddies, drug dealing, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee, nashville tennessee
Similarity:
42%
542
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two pounds of pressure on a trigger pays really well... Ex special forces mercenary and now hardened criminal Vic, lives in a world of cons, double crosses, crooked cops, mob bosses and drug dealing crime lords. Playing by his own rules, Vic and his ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
fighting crime, gangster, hitman, police detective, drug dealing, rivalry, danger, murder, crime boss, city life, dishonesty, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out ...
Style:
hood, independent film, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban, gang, black, hip hop, african american, black gangster, blaxploitation, downbeat ending, hip hop culture, thug life, villain, thug ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop to ...
Style:
hood, grim, crime drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
urban, ghetto, hip hop, gang, arms dealing, black, kids in trouble, african american, police, poverty, troubled youth, rap ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and DD Davis return home from Iraq to the slum neighborhood they grew up in. Tommy returns to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant to escape a life of crime. Tommy meets his disabled six ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
racism, murder, iraq war, urban ghetto, haunted by the past, homecoming, family problems, gang, society, war veteran, profanity, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
Similarity:
38%
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