Movies like Animal Kingdom 2010

If you like "Animal Kingdom" you are looking for tense, disturbing and bleak movies about / with gangster, interrogation, violence, investigation, justice, complex characters and drug dealer themes of Crime, Drama and Thriller genre shot in Australia.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
Animal Kingdom (2010)
 7.2
 60K
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon discovers, this world is far larger and more menacing than he could ever imagine. J finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family upside down.
Style: tense, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir, suspense, intense, visually appealing, rough ...
Plot: gangster, interrogation, violence, investigation, justice, complex characters, drug dealer, vengeance, character study, law enforcement, bad mother, teenage life, family problems, power struggle, siblings relations, tragic event, criminal heroes, coming of age, dysfunctional family, robbery, organized crime, corruption, underworld, boy, cocaine ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: australia, melbourne, peru, oceania, new zealand
Keyword: gangsters, matriarch, melbourne australia, australian

Movie in categories

australia movies
1212
tense movies
16020
gangster movies
5202
disturbing movies
14461
bleak movies
7400
realistic movies
29790

Most similar movies to Animal Kingdom

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, serious, suspenseful and realistic films with plots about violence, murder, police officer, death, gangster, criminal and blood mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Animal Kingdom: Killing Them Softly (2012), Eastern Promises (2007), The Rover (2014), Underbelly (2008), Bullhead (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: robbery, gambling, gangster, organized crime, hitman, brutality, assassin, mafia, violence, murder, crime gone awry, gang ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, orlando florida, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Eastern Promises (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Style: neo noir, disturbing, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: gangster, mob boss, russian mafia, prostitution, murder, male nudity, rape, brutality, death in childbirth, child prostitute, investigation, organized crime ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, st. petersburg russia, europe, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 51K
The Rover (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his car through the lawless wasteland of the Australian outback, aided by the brother of one of the thieves.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wilderness, post apocalypse, on the road, car chase, dystopian future, desert, revenge, apocalypse, small town, post apocalyptic, chase, brutality ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 5K
Underbelly (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series which broadcasts on the Nine Network. Each series is based on real-life events.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, rough, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang war, mafia, violence spree, power struggle, gang, gangster, family relations, mob boss, lawyer, criminal heroes, trial, disorder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 80s, 70s ...
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
neo noir movies
3451
violence movies
15772
suspense movies
20963
 7.3
 24K
Bullhead (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Young Limburg cattle farmer, Jacky Vanmarsenille, is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, emotional, surreal, tense ...
Plot: mafia, friendship, violence, farm, character study, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, revenge, tragic event, notoriety, murder, organized crime ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, france, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Style: psychological, suspense, neo noir, exciting, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, child prostitution, hotel, childhood trauma, teenage girl, suicidal thoughts, suicide, violence, corruption, loner, u.s. senator, pedophilia ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: new york, iraq, afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hell or High Water (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Style: neo western, realistic, neo noir, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: adult
Plot: criminal, bank robbery, robbery, brother, texas ranger, bank robber, cowboy, armed robbery, small town, modern western, bank, heist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, y2k, future, 21st century
Place: texas, nebraska, usa, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Hard Word (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad ...
Style: suspense, stylized, tense, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, chase, vengeance, lawyer, twists and turns, robbery, greed, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, frame up, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2002
Place: australia, melbourne, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Movie in collections
 7.6
 219K
Traffic (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story: An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style: suspense, bleak, political, realistic, dramatic ...
Plot: drug abuse, organized crime, addiction, drug dealer, drug lord, drug addiction, drug traffic, drug cartel, drug, corruption, war on drugs, heroin ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: mexico, latin america, california, ohio, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Menace II Society (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style: bleak, realistic, stylized, tense, hood ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: hip hop, ghetto, african american, urban ghetto life, murder, police brutality, coming of age, street gang, friendship, organized crime, gangsta, gunfight ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century, 70s
Place: california, los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.1
 43K
Narc (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly ...
Style: bleak, suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: police investigation, police corruption, investigation, drug addiction, police, murder, drug, police brutality, addiction, drug addict, drug overdose, dark humor ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.9
 483K
Mystic River (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style: psychological, suspense, emotional, twist ending, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: vengeance, police investigation, murder, sexual abuse, murder mystery, investigation, death in the family, child abuse, loss of child, revenge, tragic event, grief ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.7
 470K
Training Day (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style: neo noir, realistic, tense, harsh, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: police corruption, gang, corrupt cop, ghetto, gunfight, drug dealer, police, african american, rookie, mentor, dirty cop, drug ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.6
 291K
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, detective, thought provoking, surprise ending ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, private detective, twists and turns, moral dilemma, police investigation, missing child, moral ambiguity, tragic event, murder mystery, immorality, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.7
 6K
The Square (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, revenge, tragedy, extortion, infidelity, nothing goes right, dishonesty, crime gone awry, danger, disorder, life turned upside down ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style: neo noir, tense, noir, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: corruption, police corruption, murder, murder mystery, police, police detective, organized crime, fighting the system, call girl, dangerous attraction, police brutality, twists and turns ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, persia, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.3
 77K
Triple 9 (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, stylized, intense ...
Plot: heist, police corruption, murder, bank robbery, dirty cop, corrupt cop, mafia, violence, corruption, betrayal, strip club, gangster ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 8.5
 1.4M
The Departed (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story: To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: mafia, police, organized crime, mole, mobster, undercover cop, twists and turns, undercover, gunfight, corruption, working undercover, gangster ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: boston, america, persia, massachusetts, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Movie in collections
 6.6
 24K
Dark Blue (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
Style: neo noir, tense, detective, harsh, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police investigation, police brutality, cop, police, corruption, investigation, police officer, rookie, robbery, partner, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, 90s, year 1992
Place: los angeles, california, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.9
 231K
Carlito's Way (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
Style: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gangster, mafia, nightclub, tragic hero, drug dealing, mobster, drug, gunfight, violence, prison, drug lord ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1975
Place: new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
We Own the Night (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Style: suspense, harsh, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, mafia, gangster, police, nightclub, gang, cop, brothers, hitman, multiple storylines, law enforcement, heroin ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Road to Perdition (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time ...
Style: harsh, atmospheric, visually stunning, bleak, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mafia, vengeance, organized crime, hitman, criminal's revenge, violence, revenge, road trip, murder, on the road, on the run, assassin ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1931, year 2002
Place: illinois, chicago, usa, persia, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, corruption, irish mob, mafia, violence, blackmail, love triangle, gangster, mobster, betrayal, shootout, underworld ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1990
Place: usa, new york, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Movie in collections
Internal Affairs (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, police investigation, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, abusive husband, rivalry, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.0
 161K
The Drop (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, cerebral ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: twists and turns, robbery, fall in love, organized crime, danger, criminal heroes, crime boss, catholic, gangster, mafia, church, criminal's revenge ...
Time: year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, boston, brooklyn new york city, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Style: neo noir, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: robbery, dysfunctional family, heist gone wrong, blackmail, greed, adultery, nudity, murder, divorce, caper, character study, debt ...
Time: year 2007, 90s, 21st century
Place: new york, persia, usa, rio de janeiro, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.5
 413K
The Town (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their ...
Style: suspense, captivating, serious, crime thriller, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: bank robbery, heist, robbery, gunfight, thief, romancing a criminal, group of criminals, gang, organized crime, gangster, love affair, perfect crime ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, usa, florida, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
A History of Violence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style: neo noir, harsh, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Audience: date night, manly
Plot: gangster, self defense, revenge, sex scene, violent, small town, mobster, mafia, attempted robbery, organized crime, redemption, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Pride and Glory (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. ...
Style: suspense, tense, intense, detective, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police, police corruption, police investigation, organized crime, murder, corruption, investigation, conspiracy, betrayal, cop, moral dilemma, family relations ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, washington d.c., bronx new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.6
 267K
End of Watch (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style: tense, emotional, suspense, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: latinos, gang member, cop, police, shooting, street gang, friendship, urban ghetto, police investigation, organized crime, police officer, found footage ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie