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Truth Be Told (2002)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to outsmart the crooked cops who are very eager to see her disappear.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
gang, hitman, vigilantism, fighting crime, criminal's revenge, betrayal, car chase, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, police corruption, dishonesty, bait, villain, interracial, profanity, sexual content, woman in danger, criminal heroes, nudity, gangster, violent content, deadly, drugs/alcohol, crime ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, law enforcement, gangster, gang and danger mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Truth Be Told: The Street King (2002), Mafioso: The Father The Son (2001), Clutch (2011), The Warrior Class (2007), Decisions (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In life, there's silver, and there's lead, says Rikki Ortega, as he moves to be king of the street in "Ánglio," L.A.'s east side. Older brothers and a brother-in-law are in his way. While they think they are driving out the ...
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exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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gang, drug dealing, rivalry, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement, life is a bitch, siblings relations, urban ghetto, destiny, blind ambition, police detective, shakespeare ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When the head of a mafia clan is perceived to be weakening, his family suffers a series of attacks. It is up to his son, Frankie, to figure out who’s behind the plot before they are all wiped out.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
Plot:
gang, working undercover, family business, betrayal, criminal heroes, witnessing a crime, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, gangster, master criminal, rivalry, hitman ...
Time:
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Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Story:
Tough, street smart, and resourceful pickpocket Kylie is forced to take care of herself after her boyfriend Matt finds himself in deep trouble with a gang of vicious mobsters he owes a huge sum of money to.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
on the run, life turned upside down, woman in danger, gangster, escapades, betrayal, rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, pickpocket, strong female presence, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rookie lawyer Alec Brno has just been assigned the case of his career: exposing a billion-dollar oil scam led by a ruthless mafia boss. When he reluctantly falls for the gangster's beautiful but drug-addicted wife - also his key witness - Alec ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
gangster, courtroom, fall in love, dangerous attraction, criminal's revenge, legal investigation, hitman, addiction, drug abuse, courtroom drama, danger, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
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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:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, gangster, disorder, crime gone awry, on the run, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, south america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
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:
29%
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:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
What happens when the truth is not enough? A New Jersey police detective comes across new evidence in the Kennedy assassination
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
uncover truth, assassination, political conspiracy, state affairs, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, kennedy assassination, conspiracy, profanity, violent content, moving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
'A New Beginning' focuses around the story of Leung, the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, family relations, danger, gangster, rivalry, bodyguard, hitman, rescue, betrayal, chinese mafia, triad, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, asia, europe, hong kong
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Rimini, 1991. For more than a year, the uno bianca gang - they always use a white Fiat Uno - has plagued the area. Their crimes are violent, sometimes killing carabineri, and there's no particular pattern: a bank one day, a petrol station the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, gang, police corruption, police investigation, criminal heroes, danger, law enforcement, terrorism, riddles and clues, heist, mafia, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Best friends Patrick (Currie Graham) and Jamie (Ben Bass) are also cousins and cops determined to keep the streets safe and provide for their families. Their relationship suffers when they become entangled in a dangerous mix of mobsters, corruption, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, best friend, life is a bitch, gang, dishonesty, law enforcement, drug dealing, betrayal, drug abuse, drug bust, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
610
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This searing British thriller follows Flash (Dylan Duffus), who's safeguarding his buddy Angel's (Yohance Watson) cash until his release from prison. Now Angel is out -- and Flash is 100 pounds short. He turns to a lowlife named Evil ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, hood ...
Plot:
gang, criminal heroes, danger, on the run, society, disorder, urban ghetto, race against time, rivalry, chases and races, urban, angry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england, birmingham alabama
Similarity:
27%
917
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ex-con Neal Skinner (Pierce Brosnan) seeks revenge against track owner Ebbet Berens (Tom Skerritt) for framing him in an emerald smuggling deal.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vengeance, criminal's revenge, injustice, vigilantism, going straight, master criminal, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement, cons and scams, frame up ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
It was love at first sight for beautiful young lawyer Sandra "Sunday" O'Brien-Parker (Rachel Blanchard) and Henry Parker (Cameron Mathison), retiring White House Secretary of State, when Sunday's dad Danny (Jack Wagner), ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
investigation, rescue, danger, rivalry, fighting crime, uncover truth, murder, confined, hitman, couple relations, race against time, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A cop works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, tough heroes, uncover truth, vengeance, hitman, heroes, vigilantism, political corruption, betrayal, dishonesty, danger, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
570
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, psychological, heavy ...
Plot:
gang, smuggler, rivalry, yakuza, down on your luck, life is a bitch, danger, society, gay, gangster, disorder, dangerous animal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer in Fassbinder’s subversive and experimental gangster movie.
Style:
art house, neo noir, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
killer, hitman, hired killer, suicide, hotel room, professional killer, genocide, murder, soldier, gangster, vietnam war, dishonesty ...
Place:
germany, asia, europe, vietnam, munich germany
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
Style:
hood, serious, realistic, tense, rough
Plot:
gang, profanity, prison, danger, rivalry, crime boss, gang leader, criminal's revenge, evidence, police, merciless, corpse ...
Similarity:
24%
524
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When Chili Ncgobo, an honest but ambitious undercover cop, is cheated out of a major reward by his corrupt superiors, he infiltrates a cash-in-transit heist gang, and instead of busting them, he decides to participate in a one off score. He must ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
fighting crime, crime gone awry, going straight, gang, dishonesty, undercover, law enforcement, partner, working undercover, police corruption, rivalry, heist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, murder, vigilantism, vengeance, criminal heroes, prison life, redemption, dishonesty, police investigation, life is a bitch, law enforcement, confined ...
Similarity:
24%
525
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, working undercover, gang, partner, chases and races, car chase, danger, love and romance, woman with a gun, car, car race, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, south america, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The true life story of the rise to power of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rise and fall, rise to the top, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, ambition, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, frame up, british gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
scotland
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Charismatic thief Bobby Comfort escapes from prison, clears himself of all charges, and returns to a home life he finds unsatisfying. Though he is devoted to his wife and daughter, his old life comes calling, both figuratively and literally, in the ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, crime thriller ...
Plot:
gang, criminal heroes, cons and scams, dishonesty, law enforcement, thief, jail, prison, jewel theft, heist, redemption, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, florida
Similarity:
22%
342
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An Italian street hood gets romantically involved with a woman who is the ex-girlfriend of a leader of a white supremacist gang, after being being brutally attacked by the gang he seeks revenge via his street connections.
Style:
bleak, rough, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, rivalry, racism, police corruption, gangster, youth, urban ghetto, city life, going straight, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two rival gangs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, led by Gino (Robert Miano) and Cole (Michael Madsen), are vying for control. Danny (Michael Masini), an LAPD undercover police detective, goes deep into gangland to infiltrate one gang to bring down both.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
obsession, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, love triangle, gangster, dishonesty, love and romance, criminal heroes, undercover, law enforcement, gang, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After working as an undercover in a triad for 8 years, Sheng finally arrests the triad leader and resumes his duties as a police officer. However, life does not return to normal as he is faced with suspicions colleagues and even trailed by the ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, heroic ...
Plot:
gang, going straight, love affair, friendship, starting over, gangster, police corruption, dishonesty, law enforcement, heroic bloodshed, spy, undercover agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
22%
446
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway, Queens. Upon his return, Trane encounters his old friend Dave, who describes the new forces of crime and ...
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
vigilantism, downfall, police corruption, soldier, vengeance, gangster, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, gang, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, south america, middle east
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher who just happens to be a karate expert and together they try to take back the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspense, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female fighter, good versus evil, drug abuse, woman with a gun, female fight, gangster, violent content, righting the wronged, criminal heroes, fighting crime, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A drug runner takes over a lucrative drug business only to find his new found empire crumble when a deal goes bad.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, rivalry, betrayal, criminal's revenge, gangster, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, drug dealing, addiction, law enforcement, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south america, mexico
Similarity:
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