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Triad (2012)
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Original name: 紮職
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three childhood friends join the Hong Kong Triads only to discover that fame and fortune will ultimately break them apart as only one can become the leader of the gang.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
triad, gangster, gang, rivalry, ambition, buddies, criminal heroes, friends, bandit, criminal underworld, gang leader, criminal, group of friends, criminal gang, fight for supremacy, organized crime, violent content, crime, crimes
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, rough and serious films with plots about gangster, gang, rivalry, criminal heroes, violent content, triad and organized crime mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Triad: B.U.S.T.E.D (1998), Election 2 (2006), Top Dog (2014), Baby (2007), Bonded by Blood (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
This spin-off movie provides a different contrast to the familiar Young and Dangerous films with greater character development. This time, the story's focus is on a female character - Sister 13 (Sandra Ng) of the "Hung Hing" triad. In ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
triad, kung fu, gang, sexual content, gangster, violent content, urban ghetto, life is a bitch, ambition, gays and lesbians, unfulfillment, athlete's life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Everybody Loves Sunshine (released in the United States as B.U.S.T.E.D.), is a 1999 British independent film written and directed by Andrew Goth, and starring Rachel Shelley, David Bowie and Goldie. In the Pepperhill Estate of Manchester, an ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rock, chinese mafia, triad, gangster, urban, friends, rivalry, gang, drug dealing, going straight, hopes, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Simon Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Louis Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, rough ...
Plot:
triad, organized crime, election, henchman, dishonesty, rivalry, rules and policies, gangster, criminal heroes, asian gangster, criminal, crime boss ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
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71%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hooligan boss Billy Evans has it all - a successful business, a beautiful family and respect on the terraces. But when he clashes with gangster Mickey over a backstreet proetection racket, Billy soon finds himself out of his depth as they look to ...
Style:
rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
downfall, rivalry, ambition, blind ambition, gang, criminal heroes, unfulfillment, football hooligan, hooligan, criminal, football, nationalism ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london
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70%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, crime drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, best friend, youth, rivalry, urban ghetto life, tough heroes, criminal heroes, prison, murder, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gang, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, ambition, vengeance, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Triad leader Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters, a brutal war begins in the world of jiang-hu. Meanwhile, an internal conflict begins between Hung and his best man, Left-Hand.
Style:
tense, crime drama, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, triad, criminal heroes, right hand man, heroic bloodshed, chinese mafia, underworld, brotherhood, organized crime, power struggle, betrayal ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, social misfits, crime and punishment, society, isolation, parents and children, misfit, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
russia, siberia
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mike, a cop who is becoming increasingly frustrated with his tiresome job with little benefits, whilst the criminals live a life of luxury. He is offered a undercover job to infiltrate a Triad gang led by Boss Tin. Mike slowly becomes engrossed in ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, undercover, law enforcement, police investigation, gangster, partner, disorder, partners against crime, dishonesty, chases and races, gang, fall in love ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Set in Shanghais Gangster era of the early 1900s, THE LAST TYCOON tells the tale of CHENG (Chow Yun-Fat), a young man who is set up by the chief of police (Sammo Hung) and must leave the life he knows and QIU (Monica Mok), the woman he loves, to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, gangster, rivalry, betrayal, dishonesty, heroic bloodshed, love triangle, danger, fight club, triad, violent content, gang ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1930s, 90s
Place:
china, shanghai, asia
Similarity:
51%
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:
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The film follows the lives of four childhood friends: Joon-seok, the leader, whose father is a powerful mob boss; Dong-su, whose father is an undertaker; class clown Jung-ho; and Sang-taek, an exemplary student. The story is the director's ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, rough, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, teen drama
Plot:
buddies, betrayal, rise to the top, gang war, ambition, rivalry, life is a bitch, youth, adulthood, right hand man, friendship, korean gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
east asia, busan, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
50%
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
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it ...
Style:
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Plot:
yakuza, samurai, mobster, gang, gangster, violent content, conspiracy, tough heroes, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, society, criminal heroes ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Li Man-Ho comes to Hong Kong after his father's death following a double crossed peace meeting at the hands of a rival gang. The family's business begins to crumble as rival organizations stir violence and trouble in acknowledgment of this ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, heroic, crime thriller
Plot:
criminal underworld, criminal, chinese mafia, bandit, outlaw gang, unlikely criminals, group of criminals, japanese mafia, gang, teamwork, mafia, criminal gang ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, rise and fall, family business, family relations, unfulfillment, ambition, danger, organized crime, mafia, society, outlaw ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fighting crime, investigation, criminal, law enforcement, gangster, undercover, profanity, fbi, mobster, violent content, special agent, working undercover ...
Time:
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Place:
detroit, michigan, usa
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, gangster, going straight, starting over, on the run, police investigation, gang, hitman, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, buddies ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
drug dealing, police corruption, police investigation, money laundering, gang, rivalry, society, cop, dishonesty, strong violent content, profanity, scapegoat ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, criminal's revenge, gang, criminal heroes, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry, chinese mafia, triad, mafia, yakuza, partner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan, china, hong kong, taiwan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
abuse, lifestyle, downfall, gangster, nightclub, nightlife, bankruptcy, criminal heroes, drinking, addiction, false identity, drinking alcohol ...
Time:
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Place:
miami, florida, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza...
Style:
grindhouse, exciting, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino ...
Style:
cult classic, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, hitman, crime family, gang, courtroom drama, gangsta, italian mafia, organized crime, cosa nostra, professional killer, italian gangster ...
Similarity:
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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:
42%
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:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Ching is a prisoner in a Honk Kong jail that has a large population of Mainland Chinese prisoners. Ching escapes to see his young son, who he has been put in an orphanage. He surrenders himself to authorities, but the vengeful chief of security, ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, heroic bloodshed, jail, triad, violent content, partner, friends, tough heroes, rivalry, unlikely partners, chases and races, vengeance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ekin Cheng stars in this gritty triad action drama as Dragon, a talented former hitman who has reformed and is now a waiter at a blue collar cafe. However, when his ex-girlfriend becomes the queen of the Underworld, she becomes determined to entice ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
triad, organized crime, criminal underworld, underworld, chinese mafia, changing lives, social problems, life is a bitch, criminal, bandit, street gang, ex convict ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Based on a true story- A group of robbers broke into a house at night with the intention of committing robbery. The house was inhabited by two young girls and a disabled child and their mother. Not getting the desired money, the robbers started ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, gangster, danger, criminal, bandit, family relations, rivalry, youth, friends, society, gang, vengeance ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
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12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A drama-thriller centered on a democratic election within an organized crime society.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Plot:
organized crime, election, rise to the top, ego clash, rivalry, ambition, asian gangster, uninhibited rivalry, rules and policies, temperamental, merciless, elimination ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
38%
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